Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Castles.
The use of non-military features, such as immense scale or grand stone architecture, to assert dominance and project a permanent right to rule.
Symbolic authority appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The Norman Conquest (1065–1087), especially Castles and Purpose.
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