History A-Level
Patronage and power
What Patronage and power means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Patronage and power
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Lands, offices of state and church patronage gave major landowners wealth and influence to govern localities on the crown's behalf.
Topics that use Patronage and power
- Paper 3, Option 30: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509 - 1 Changing relationships between crown and the nobility: 'over- mighty subjects' (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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