Royal Authority & the Angevin Kings

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the relationship between King John and his barons.

To what extent was Henry II successful in achieving control over the English Church during his reign?

‘Henry II failed in his dealings with the French Crown.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The loss of Normandy in 1204 was more the result of Richard’s legacy than the failings of John.’

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 reign of King John.

To what extent did Henry II rely upon the support of the English Church to establish his royal authority in the years 1154 to 1166?

How successful was Henry II in re-establishing his authority in the years after the Great Rebellion?

‘Richard I was more committed to crusading and his French territories than to governing England.’

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 origins of the Great Rebellion.

To what extent was the dispute between King Henry II and Thomas Becket, in the years 1162 to 1170, a clash of principles rather than personalities?

How far was King John’s loss of Normandy in 1204 due to the legacy of King Richard’s conflict with King Philip II of France?

‘King John’s dispute with the Papacy resulted in a humiliating defeat for royal authority.’

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 Henry II’s relationship with King Louis VII of France.

‘By 1166, Henry II had failed to resolve the problems of royal authority which he faced upon his accession in 1154.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was the absentee kingship of Richard I damaging for England?

‘King John’s financial policies were the main cause of the baronial rebellion of 1215/16.’

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 instability in England during King Richard’s absences.

How important were religious motives in causing the English interventions in Ireland in the years 1169 to 1171?

‘The dynastic ambitions of his sons were the greatest threat to Henry II’s authority in the 1180s.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The monarchy was in an extremely weak position at the time of the death of King John in 1216.’

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 conflict between Henry II and Thomas Becket.

‘Henry II was in a strong position at the time of his accession in 1154.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent, by 1199, had Richard fully recovered from the problems that he had faced upon his return from captivity in 1194?

‘John’s failures in Normandy, in the years 1204 to 1214, were more the result of his own incompetence than Philip II’s strength.’

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 King John’s relationship with the Church.

‘By 1166, Henry II had solved the problems of justice and the law that he had inherited at his accession.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The aftermath of the Becket dispute was damaging for Henry II.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How far was crusading zeal the reason for the increase in anti-Semitism in Richard I’s 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 conflict between Richard I and Philip II.

To what extent was Henry II’s desire to reduce the power of the Church more important than his personality in causing the dispute with Thomas Becket?

‘A haphazard collection of territories that could not be called an Empire.’

Assess the validity of this view of Henry II’s possessions in 1166.

‘Magna Carta was primarily the result of the unpopular financial policies of King John.’

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 loss of Normandy in 1204.

‘Henry’s treatment of his sons was a more important cause of the Great Rebellion than his baronial policy.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent did Henry II’s authority throughout his territories decline in the years 1180 to 1189?

‘England suffered in the years 1189 to 1194 as a result of Richard I’s absence on the Third Crusade.’

Assess the validity of this view.