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Centralised rule — OCR GCSE History B Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE History · key term

Centralised rule

Definition

Government in which authority is concentrated in the ruler and central administration rather than widely shared with local powers.

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OCR GCSE History B · J411

Paper 3

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