AQA A Level History Depth Study: Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529-c1570 June 2022 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 responses to religious change in the reign of Mary I.

To what extent was the break from Rome a response to demands for religious reform?

‘In the years 1541 to 1547, political factions were more important than Henry VIII in determining religious policy.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘Challenges to the Church of England in the 1560s were easily dealt with.’

Assess the validity of this view.