History A-Level
Provincial particularism
What Provincial particularism means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Provincial particularism
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The reassertion of provincial interests which, with fragile institutions and contested sovereignty, limited central authority in the new Republic.
Topics that use Provincial particularism
- Spain and the reconquest, 1573–84 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Act of Abjuration
- Assassination of Orange
- Duke of Anjou
- Fall of Antwerp
- Parma's diplomacy
- Union of Arras
- Union of Utrecht
- French Fury
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