History A-Level
Radicalism
What Radicalism means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Demands for parliamentary reform, initially inspired by the French Revolution and expressed through radical groups like the London Corresponding Society.
The demand for radical godly reform that the New Model Army pressed for against the Rump Parliament's desire for conservative stability.
Topics that use Radicalism
- 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 – From Republic to restored and limited monarchy, 1649–1678 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Pressure for change, c1783–1812 (AQA A-Level)
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- Financial and administrative modernisation
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