Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: Luther and the German Reformation, c1515-55 / The Dutch Revolt, c1563-1609 October 2020 question paper 9HI0/2B

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 reasons for the success of Luther’s challenge to the Catholic Church in the years 1517–20?

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 impact of Calvinism in the Netherlands in the years c1563–67?

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

To what extent was humanism a factor in the growth of anti‑clericalism in early sixteenth‑century Germany?

How significant was the Augsburg Confession (1530) in the development of Lutheran beliefs in the years 1521–46?

5 ‘Orange’s invasions of the Netherlands in 1568 were motivated more by his own personal ambition than by principle.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How significant were the victories at Turnhout (1597) and Nieuwpoort (1600) in the success of Maurice of Nassau’s military campaign against Spanish rule in the years 1585–1607?