History A-Level
Royal authority and state consolidation
What Royal authority and state consolidation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The consolidation of royal authority and the desire to remove a perceived internal threat, aided by the fall of Granada in 1492.
Topics that use Royal authority and state consolidation
- Paper 3, Option 32: The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598 - 1 The Spanish Inquisition and the persecution of the Jews, 1478–92 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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