History A-Level
Retaining and 'bastard feudalism'
What Retaining and 'bastard feudalism' means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Binding followers to lords through livery and maintenance, often called 'bastard feudalism', with statutes in 1468 and 1504 against retaining.
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- 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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