AQA A Level History Depth Study: Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154-1216 June 2018 question paper 7042/2A

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the conflict between Richard I and Philip II.

To what extent was Henry II’s desire to reduce the power of the Church more important than his personality in causing the dispute with Thomas Becket?

‘A haphazard collection of territories that could not be called an Empire.’

Assess the validity of this view of Henry II’s possessions in 1166.

‘Magna Carta was primarily the result of the unpopular financial policies of King John.’

Assess the validity of this view.