History A-Level
Royal authority and the Church
What Royal authority and the Church means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Royal authority and the Church
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The Crown used religious authority to reinforce political control, supporting heresy trials, executions and the established Church.
Topics that use Royal authority and the Church
- Paper 3, Option 30: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509 - 2 Henry V and the conquest of France, 1413–21 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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