AQA A Level History Depth Study: Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529-c1570 June 2018 question paper 7042/2D

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying religious changes in England.

To what extent was the Church in England under threat c1529?

‘Mary Tudor’s persecution of heretics was the main obstacle to the restoration of Catholicism in England in the years 1553 to 1558.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The Religious Settlement had neither support from Catholics nor Protestants in the 1560s.’

Assess the validity of this view.