AQA AS-Level History 7042
1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204
1B Spain in the Age of Discovery, 1469–1598
1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603
1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702
1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796
1F Industrialisation and the People: Britain, c1783–1885
1G Challenge and Transformation: Britain, c1851–1964
1H Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855–1964
1J The British Empire, c1857–1967
1K The Making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1975
1L The Quest for Political Stability: Germany, 1871–1991
2A Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154–1216
2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499
2C The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564
2D Religious Conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570
2E The English Revolution, 1625–1660
2F The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643–1715
2G The Birth of the USA, 1760–1801
2H France in Revolution, 1774–1815
2J America: A Nation Divided, c1845–1877
2K International Relations and Global Conflict, c1890–1941
2L Italy and Fascism, c1900–1945
2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957
2N Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953
2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945
2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997
2Q The American Dream: Reality and Illusion, 1945–1980
2R The Cold War, c1945–1991
2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007
2T The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire, 1953–2000
2D Religious Conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570
- 10 subtopics
- 51 things to know
- Component 2
What 2D Religious Conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570 covers
Option 2D is a depth study of the English Reformation, taken as one of the Component 2 choices. It follows the break with Rome, the Dissolution, the swings of doctrine under Edward VI and Mary I, and the Elizabethan settlement.
Where it is assessed
Component 2
A depth study, of which a student sits one.
Check the AQA specification ↗The 10 subtopics
Each one has its own page. AQA AS History students sit this topic in the first year.
- The English Church and Its Wealth in 1529Recall questions on the churchmen who served in government, the sources of the Church's wealth and the reach of its courts.Open →
- Humanism and the Call for Church ReformRecall questions on Erasmus, More and Colet and on what English humanists wanted changed in the Church.Open →
- Henry VIII's Great MatterRecall questions on the King's suit for annulment, his own religious convictions and his anxiety about the succession.Open →
- The Reformation Parliament and the Break with RomeRecall questions on the parliament of 1529 to 1536, the grievances against the clergy and the Act in Restraint of Appeals.Open →
- Reformist and Conservative Factions at CourtRecall questions on what Cromwell and Cranmer's reformers wanted on papal authority, vernacular scripture and worship, and what Gardiner and Norfolk's conservatives held on doctrine, tradition and the royal supremacy.Open →
- Faction, Diplomacy and the DissolutionRecall questions on how Henry balanced reformers against conservatives, the effect of alliance or isolation abroad, the dissolution of the lesser and greater monasteries and how it strengthened royal authority.Open →
- The Reasons for and Effects of the DissolutionRecall questions on the religious, economic and social arguments for dissolution and on its effects on Crown finances, landholding, monks and nuns, charity, local economies and traditional devotion.Open →
- The Pilgrimage of GraceRecall questions on the rising's social and economic grievances, Robert Aske's leadership and negotiations with the Duke of Norfolk, the false promises and force that ended it, the leaders' fate and what failure showed.Open →
- The Ten Articles, the Six Articles and the King's BookRecall questions on the Ten Articles of 1536, the Bishops' Book, the Six Articles of 1539, the King's Book of 1543, the English litany, the Great Bible and its restriction, and the eucharistic dispute.Open →
- Religion and War in Henry VIII's Last YearsRecall questions on why the settlement was unstable by 1547 and on the wars with France and Scotland of the 1540s.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
What social functions did monasteries serve in early Tudor England?
How could time in Purgatory be shortened according to Catholic teaching?
What contributions did John Colet make to English humanism and Church reform?
Define simony as a Church abuse.
Define absenteeism as a clerical abuse.
Why was Henry VIII so concerned about the succession?
Who were Catherine of Aragon's national supporters in England?
When did the Reformation Parliament sit, and what was its significance?
What did the Act for the Submission of the Clergy (1534) require?
How did Henry VIII respond to opponents of the Royal Supremacy?
What were the aims of the reformist faction at Henry VIII's court regarding Protestant beliefs?
Who were the two leading figures of the reformist faction during the 1530s and 1540s?
Name the two leading figures of the conservative faction at Henry VIII's court.
How did alliances with Catholic powers such as France and the Holy Roman Empire affect English religious policy?
What effect did diplomatic isolation from Catholic Europe have on religious policy?
How did the Crown use monastic lands as a political tool?
What religious criticisms did reformers make of monasticism to justify the Dissolution?
What was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
With whom did Robert Aske negotiate on behalf of the Pilgrimage of Grace rebels?
Which three sacraments did the Ten Articles affirm as necessary for salvation?
What was the King's Book of 1543?
What happened to access to the English Bible in 1543?
Why was the religious settlement unstable by 1547?
What military engagement with Scotland occurred in 1542?
How did the Seymour faction gain influence at court?
How did Edward Seymour become Lord Protector in 1547, and what arrangement did this overturn?
What were Somerset's religious aims for the English Church?
Why do historians debate Northumberland's personal religious beliefs?
Who was the principal architect of doctrinal reform under Edward VI and the author of both Prayer Books?
Besides chantries, what other vestiges of Catholicism were removed under Edward VI?
Why did a succession crisis arise in 1553?
How did Mary I come to the throne in 1553?
What position regarding the Church did Mary inherit from her father Henry VIII?
Why did the distribution of former monastic lands pose an obstacle to restoring the Catholic Church?
What laws were revived as part of the restoration of Catholic doctrine under Mary?
What motivated the persecution of Protestants during Mary's reign?
What methods did Cardinal Pole use to reform Catholicism alongside Mary?
What type of religious settlement did Elizabeth I seek to establish when she became queen?
How did Elizabeth attempt to reconcile conflicting religious groups through the wording of religious documents?
What role did Parliament play in the Elizabethan Religious Settlement?
What was the fine imposed by the Act of Uniformity for missing church services?
What was the purpose of Royal Visitations in enforcing the Elizabethan Settlement?
What underlying tension did the Vestiarian Controversy reveal?
What did Mary I restore in doctrine and worship?
What was the Reformation Parliament, and how did it pressure the Papacy?
What did the Act of Uniformity impose, and how was the 1559 Prayer Book framed?
What arguments were used to justify the Dissolution of the Monasteries?
Why did Mary Queen of Scots pose a threat to the Elizabethan Religious Settlement?
What triggered the Rising of the Northern Earls (1569)?
How harshly was the 1569 rising punished?
Take 2D Religious Conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570 further
The same content, four other ways.
Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Royal Supremacy vs Papal Supremacy
Royal Supremacy: principle placing governance of the national Church under the monarch. Papal Supremacy: principle placing ultimate ecclesiastical authority under Rome.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What role did churchmen play in royal government around 1529?
Model answer
Churchmen served as key royal advisers, with senior clergy holding important positions in government and the royal council.
- 2
How did the Church provide religious justification for royal power?
Model answer
The Church taught that monarchical authority was divinely ordained, providing religious justification for royal power and requiring obedience to the crown.
- 3
What were the main sources of the Church's substantial wealth in England by c1529?
Model answer
The Church derived its wealth from land ownership, tithes, and various fees and offerings.
- 4
Over what types of matters did Church courts have jurisdiction, separate from secular courts?
Model answer
Church courts had jurisdiction over marriage, wills, morality, and cases involving clergy.
- 5
Why did Church courts operate separately from secular courts?
Model answer
Church courts operated under ecclesiastical law and claimed independent jurisdiction over spiritual matters and clerical personnel, functioning as a parallel legal system to royal courts.
- 6
What social functions did monasteries serve in early Tudor England?
Model answer
Monasteries provided hospitality, education, poor relief, and maintained agricultural estates.
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2D Religious Conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570 revision questions
- Is 2D Religious Conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570 examined at AS in AQA History?
- Yes. It sits in Component 2, which you take in the first year, so it is on the AS paper as well as counting towards the full A level.
- What does 2D Religious Conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570 cover in AQA AS-Level History?
- 10 subtopics: the english church and its wealth in 1529, humanism and the call for church reform, henry viii's great matter, the reformation parliament and the break with rome, reformist and conservative factions at court, faction, diplomacy and the dissolution, the reasons for and effects of the dissolution, the pilgrimage of grace, the ten articles, the six articles and the king's book and religion and war in henry viii's last years. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is 2D Religious Conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570 organised?
- By the AQA 7042 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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