History A-Level
Political instability and recovery
What Political instability and recovery means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The struggles intensified by the readeption of Henry VI in 1470 and the return of Edward IV in 1471, followed by increased control of the localities in the 1470s.
Topics that use Political instability and recovery
- 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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