History A-Level
Tudor consolidation
What Tudor consolidation means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Tudor consolidation
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Securing the regime by keeping the Earl of Warwick imprisoned in the Tower and eventually executing him in 1499, a turning point that extinguished the direct male Yorkist line.
Topics that use Tudor consolidation
- 2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499 – The end of the Yorkist Dynasty, 1486–1499 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Centralisation of power
- Consolidation of power
- Dynastic legitimacy
- Dynastic security
- Dynastic threat
- Economic continuity and change
- Foreign diplomacy
- Foreign intervention
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