AQA A Level History Depth Study: Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529-c1570 November 2021 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 religious settlement of 1559.

‘The most significant demands for reform of the Church by 1529 came from Humanists.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was the dissolution of the monasteries, in the years 1536 to 1540, a result of Henry VIII’s need for money?

‘The persecution of Protestants was the most important reason for opposition to Mary I.’

Assess the validity of this view.