Religious conflict & the Church in England

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the King’s ‘Great Matter’.

To what extent did the beliefs and practices of the Church of England change in the years from 1536 to the death of Henry VIII?

‘The strength of Protestantism was the main reason why Mary I failed to fully re-establish Catholicism by 1558.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How secure was the Elizabethan Church by c1570?

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?

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the Elizabethan Church in the years 1566 to 1570.

‘In c1529, the most influential critics of the Church in England were the followers of Luther.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘By 1540, the Church in England was significantly different from the Church that had existed before the break with Rome.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent were the rebellions of 1549 motivated by religious beliefs?

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying responses to religious change in the reign of Mary I.

To what extent was the break from Rome a response to demands for religious reform?

‘In the years 1541 to 1547, political factions were more important than Henry VIII in determining religious policy.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘Challenges to the Church of England in the 1560s were easily dealt with.’

Assess the validity of this view.

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.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying Kett’s Rebellion.

‘Support for Catherine of Aragon was the main reason for opposition to Henry VIII in the years 1529 to 1534.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How important was the death of Cromwell to the religious changes of the 1540s?

How far were the religious policies of Elizabeth I, in the years 1558 to 1560, shaped by the need to heal religious divisions?

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the power of bishops and archbishops c1529.

To what extent did the Dissolution of the Monasteries bring about a social upheaval in the years 1536 to 1547?

‘In the years 1547 to 1553 the Church of England became completely Protestant.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘There was widespread hostility to Mary’s attempt to restore Catholicism in the years 1553 to 1558.’

Assess the validity of this view.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying religious changes in England.

To what extent was the Church in England under threat c1529?

‘Mary Tudor’s persecution of heretics was the main obstacle to the restoration of Catholicism in England in the years 1553 to 1558.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The Religious Settlement had neither support from Catholics nor Protestants in the 1560s.’

Assess the validity of this view.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the early months of Mary I’s reign.

To what extent were the changes to the Church made by the Reformation Parliament driven by demands for religious reform?

‘By 1553 the government of Edward VI had successfully established a Protestant Church of England.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was the Rebellion of the Northern Earls in 1569 the result of the Religious Settlement of 1559?