AQA A Level History Breadth Study: The Tudors: England, 1485-1603 June 2025 question paper 7042/1C

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in these three extracts are in relation to Mary I and Elizabeth I.

How successful were Henry VII’s foreign policies in strengthening England’s ties with European powers?

To what extent was the Church in England transformed in the last twenty years of the reign of Henry VIII?

‘The last twenty years of Elizabeth I’s reign were years of economic depression rather than prosperity.’

Assess the validity of this view.