History A-Level
Social and Political Mobility
What Social and Political Mobility means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Social and Political Mobility
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Developments affected the power and social standing of actors, often elevating parliamentary elites to permanent constitutional prominence.
Topics that use Social and Political Mobility
- 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 – consequence in this period through the following key questions: (AQA A-Level)
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- Arminianism
- Clarendon Code
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- Extra-parliamentary resistance
- Financial revolution
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