Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Origins c.1070–1095.
The act of illegally taking the throne by force, which was common due to the lack of formal Byzantine succession laws.
Usurpation appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The First Crusade (c.1070–1100), especially Origins c.1070–1095 and Byzantine Empire.
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