License to Crenellate

Key term for OCR GCSE History A, used in Castles: Form and Function.

Definition

A royal grant giving a subject permission to build battlements, evaluated by historians as either a military necessity or a symbol of lordly status.

Exam Context

License to Crenellate appears in OCR GCSE History A revision content for Study of the Historic Environment, especially Castles: Form and Function and Functions of the Castle.

Study of the Historic Environment Castles: Form and Function Functions of the Castle

Found in Revision Notes

Study of the Historic Environment

Evaluating Documentary Evidence for Castle Functions

Castles: Form and Function • Functions of the Castle

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