Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Norman Kingdom, c1053-1106 / England and the Angevin Empire in the reign of Henry II, 1154-89 June 2022 question paper 9HI0/2A

Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the significance of the Godwin family in the governing of Anglo-Saxon England in the years c1053–66?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

Study Sources 3 and 4 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

How far could the historian make use of Sources 3 and 4 together to investigate the reasons for the Inquest of the Sheriffs in 1170?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

How accurate is it to say that of all the changes introduced into England by the Normans, it was the forest laws that had the most significant impact on village life?

4 ‘The opposition of King Philip I of France was the main reason why William I’s control of his continental lands was challenged in the years 1066–87.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that Becket’s rejection of the Constitutions of Clarendon in 1164 was the main reason for the conflict between church and state in the years 1162–70?

How accurate is it to say that the deaths of Young Henry and Geoffrey weakened, rather than strengthened, Henry II’s control of the Angevin Empire in the years 1183–89?