History A-Level
Personal monarchy
What Personal monarchy means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Personal monarchy
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Methods of government that relied on delegating regional authority to powerful, trusted nobles rather than a modern, centralised bureaucracy.
Topics that use Personal monarchy
- 2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499 – 'The Sun in Splendour': the reign of Edward IV, 1471–1483 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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- Change and continuity
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- Financial reform
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- Regionalism
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