Episcopacy

Key term for OCR GCSE History A, used in Personal Rule to Restoration 1629–1660.

Definition

The system of governing a church using a hierarchy of bishops.

Exam Context

Episcopacy appears in OCR GCSE History A revision content for British Depth Studies, especially Personal Rule to Restoration 1629–1660 and Parliament and Charles I 1629–1642.

British Depth Studies Personal Rule to Restoration 1629–1660 Parliament and Charles I 1629–1642

Found in Revision Notes

British Depth Studies

Parliamentary Divisions and the Descent into Civil War

Personal Rule to Restoration 1629–1660 • Parliament and Charles I 1629–1642

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