Continuity and change
What Continuity and change means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Unlike his cautious and financially prudent father, the young Henry was viewed as a charismatic, athletic, and cultured 'Renaissance Prince', bringing optimism and a desire for military glory to the English court.
The pattern in which crimes against the person and property remained largely consistent while crimes against authority saw significant changes.
Comparing approaches to prevention in 1665 with those used during the Black Death in 1348 highlights continuity and change.
William retained the shire system but placed his own sheriffs in charge, showing both continuity and change in government.
The balance between what stayed the same in Anglo-Saxon society and economy and what the Normans altered.
Topics that use Continuity and change
- Option 10: c1500–c1700: Crime and punishment in early modern England - 1 Nature and changing definitions of criminal activity (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option 11: c1500–c1700: The Medical Renaissance in England - 3 Case studies ● Key individual: William Harvey and the discovery of the circulation of the blood. (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option B1: Key topic 3: Norman England, 1066–88 - 1 The feudal system and the Church (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option B1: Key topic 3: Norman England, 1066–88 - 2 Norman government (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option B3: Key topic 1: Henry VIII and Wolsey, 1509–29 - 1 Henry VIII, Renaissance Prince (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Centralisation of power
- Feudalism
- Social hierarchy
- Crimes against authority
- Delegation of power
- Deserving poor
- Domesday Book
- Domesday survey
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