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'The personalities of the early Stuart monarchs were responsible for a breakdown in relations betweeen Crown and Parliament in the years 1604 to 1629' Assess the validity of this view. [25]

James I was a devout believer in the Divine Right of Kings and firmly drew the lines between Royal Prerogative and Parliamentary Privilege which contributed greatly to the numerous problems in the relatio...

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To what extent was the Enlightenment a factor in the development of the storming of the Bastille 1789?

The ideas of the Enlightenment provided the inspiration for the revolutionaries of 1789, however the revolutionaries themeelves were not philosophes. In reality, it was a the fear of suppression from roya...

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How vigorous was the intellectual life of 12th century Europe?

INTRODUCTION The twelfth century has been given the label of ‘renaissance’ by a variety of historians, such as Homer Haskins, but whilst opinions are divided as to whether the developments of the twelfth ...

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How to answer 'To what extent....' questions e.g. 'To what extent can the period of Conservative dominance between 1951 and 1964 be viewed as the Thirteen Wasted Years?'

'To what extent' questions are usually followed by a statement or an assertion that expresses an opinion rather than a fact. You are being asked to test this statement against your historical knowledge in...

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What best explains the collapse of royal authority in France by 1789?

What best explains the collapse of royal authority in France by 1789? Louis XVI was in theory an absolute monarch who ruled according to the Divine Right of Kings. However, by 1789 this t...

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