History A-Level
Surveillance and control
What Surveillance and control means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Surveillance and control
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Spies were used to monitor nobles and foreign courts, helping him detect and disrupt plots.
Topics that use Surveillance and control
- Paper 3, Option 30: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509 - 5 Henry VII: seizing the throne and trying to keep it, 1485–97 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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