AQA A Level History Depth Study: The Reformation in Europe, c1500-1564 (A-level only) June 2024 question paper 7042/2C

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying opposition to Calvinism in the years 1546 to 1553.

‘The secular influence of the Church was greater than its spiritual influence at the beginning of the 16th century.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘It was the Catholic authorities’ response, in the years 1517 to 1520, to Luther’s 95 Theses which made him such a serious threat to the Church.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was the survival of Lutheranism, in the years 1531 to 1536, due to the strengths of its supporters?