History GCSE
Royal patronage
What Royal patronage means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Royal patronage
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Sponsorship from a monarch, which Columbus sought for years before securing Spanish backing.
Topics that use Royal patronage
- Option P1: Key topic 1: Spain reaches the Americas, c1490–1512 - 1 Spanish exploration (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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