History A-Level

Nepotism

What Nepotism means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.

Definition of Nepotism

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Promoting relatives, one of the abuses that undermined pastoral care in the English Church by 1529.

AQA · 2D Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529– c1570 – The Church in c1529 (study guide)

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2D Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529– c1570 – The Church in c1529 (AQA A-Level)

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