AQA A Level History Depth Study: The Wars of the Roses, 1450-1499 June 2023 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 Buckingham’s Rebellion.

‘The Battle of Wakefield significantly weakened the Yorkist faction in the years 1460 to 1461.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent were the quarrels between the King and the Earl of Warwick, in the years 1464 to 1470, due to the marriage of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville?

‘Henry VII’s management of his foreign policy was the main reason why he was able to defeat Perkin Warbeck.’

Assess the validity of this view.