History A-Level
Social and regional inequality
What Social and regional inequality means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Social and regional inequality
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Wage-earners, tenants and the poor suffered most as real incomes fell, while experiences differed between debtors, landlords and wage-earners.
Topics that use Social and regional inequality
- Paper 3, Option 32: The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598 - 3 The price revolution and its impact, c1500–c1570 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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