History GCSE
Punishment and control
What Punishment and control means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Punishment and control
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Barton was arrested, forced to confess to fraud, and executed in 1534 via an Act of Attainder, while Fisher was tried and executed for treason in 1535.
Topics that use Punishment and control
- Option B3: Key topic 3: The Reformation and its impact, 1529–40 - 2 Opposition to, and impact of, Reformation, 1534–40 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Change and continuity
- Ideas and beliefs
- Opposition and resistance
- Power and authority
- Religion and the Church
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