History A-Level
The Paston experience
What The Paston experience means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of The Paston experience
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The everyday experience of intimidation, litigation and local conflict in East Anglia, revealed through the Paston letters.
Topics that use The Paston experience
- Paper 3, Option 30: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509 - 1 Changing relationships between crown and the nobility: 'over- mighty subjects' (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Crown–nobility relations
- Local disorder and feuds
- Patronage and power
- Political instability and recovery
- Rebellion and royal authority
- Regional power and royal authority
- Retaining and 'bastard feudalism'
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