History A-Level
The politicisation of the Irish land question
What The politicisation of the Irish land question means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The linking of land agitation to Home Rule by Parnell, who became president of the Irish National Land League.
Topics that use The politicisation of the Irish land question
- Paper 3, Option 36.2: Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923 - 4 The Irish land issue, 1870–82 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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