History A-Level
Royal and aristocratic patronage as commercial strategy
What Royal and aristocratic patronage as commercial strategy means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Queen Charlotte’s approval of creamware led to the name ‘Queen’s Ware’, giving royal prestige and commercial advantage and opening aristocratic and royal markets.
Topics that use Royal and aristocratic patronage as commercial strategy
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 1 Josiah Wedgwood: china and canals, 1759–87 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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