Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in Elizabethan England (c1568–1603).
The division of the royal court into competing rival groups, such as the Cecil faction versus the Essex faction in the 1590s.
Factionalism appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for British Depth Studies, especially Elizabethan England (c1568–1603) and Challenges of a Female Ruler.
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