History GCSE
Administrative Professionalization
What Administrative Professionalization means in History GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Administrative Professionalization
The evolution of the Privy Council and the emergence of a 'civil service' ethos under figures like Thomas Cromwell and William Cecil, shifting power from the Royal Household to the State.
Topics that use Administrative Professionalization
- Consolidation: forging the nation (AQA GCSE)
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Using Administrative Professionalization in the exam
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