History A-Level
Loyalty and betrayal
What Loyalty and betrayal means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Loyalty and betrayal
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Support given to challengers by figures such as the Earl of Lincoln and Sir William Stanley, a trusted Yorkist who had switched sides.
Topics that use Loyalty and betrayal
- Paper 3, Option 30: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509 - 5 Henry VII: seizing the throne and trying to keep it, 1485–97 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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