AQA A Level History Depth Study: Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529-c1570 June 2024 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 the Dissolution of the Monasteries in England.

‘In c1529, the role of the Church in government was more important than its social role.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The failure to secure the succession of a protestant monarch in 1553 was due to the mistakes made by the Duke of Northumberland.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How far did Elizabeth I’s religious views influence the development of the Church of England in the first 10 years of her reign?