AQA A Level History Depth Study: The Wars of the Roses, 1450-1499 June 2019 question paper 7042/2B

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the aims of the Yorkists in 1460.

How politically influential was Margaret of Anjou between 1450 and 1459?

To what extent did Edward IV strengthen royal finances during the ‘decade of peace’ from 1471?

‘It was the weakness of Richard III’s position in 1484–85 that enabled Henry Tudor to take the throne.’

Assess the validity of this view.