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GCSE History · key term
A person who asserts a right to a position, such as the throne.
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Paper 2
A person who argues that they have a right to a position, such as the throne.
Revise: Causes of Norman ConquestFour claimants emerged: Harold Godwinson, William of Normandy, Harald Hardrada and Edgar Atheling. Their competing claims turned Edward’s death into a succession crisis: a dispute over who should become the next ruler.
Paper 2
A person who claims a right to occupy the throne.
A person who asserts a right to inherit a throne.
Paper 1
A person who declares that they have a right to something, such as a throne.
Revise: Succession crisisThe Witan was a council of leading nobles and advisers whose backing could help make a claimant king.
A person who asserts a right to occupy a throne.
A person with a claim to inherit a throne.
Distinguish a claimant’s argument from an established fact: write ‘William claimed Edward had promised him the throne’, rather than treating the promise as undisputed.
Link Marshal’s actions to their purposes: reissuing Magna Carta helped win allegiance; military victories helped defeat the rival claimant.
When comparing claimants, distinguish a right to rule from the military strength and political support needed to secure the throne.
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