Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in King John’s Downfall.
The exploitation of the feudal system by the king, such as charging excessive inheritance fines or selling marriage rights for profit.
Feudal abuse appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The Reigns of King Richard I and King John, especially King John’s Downfall and Magna Carta and the First Barons’ War.
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