History A-Level
Religious schism
What Religious schism means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Religious schism
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The 1204 sack of Constantinople deeply fractured Orthodox-Catholic relations.
Topics that use Religious schism
- 1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204 – The Third and Fourth Crusades, 1187–1204 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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