Featuring an active approach that brings History alive in the classroom, this book provides exam tips, activities and sources which give students the confidence to tackle the questions that come up in the AS or A2 exams.
Written by senior examiners and experienced teachers of the course, this student revision workbook for Edexcel AS History Unit 2: Henry VIII: Authority, Nation and Religion, 1509-40 closely combines course content with revision activities and advice on exam technique. This allows students the opportunity to improve the skills needed to perform well in exam conditions through interacting with the content they need to revise. In addition each section has a model answer with exam tips for students to analyse and better understand what is required in the exam.
Enable students to succeed in their exam with Henry VIII: Authority, Nation and Religion. This study aid contains the key information that students need for Edexcel History AS Unit 2 Option A1, clearly laid out with Examiners' and Essential notes. Also included are graded essays with examiner commentary on how to secure higher grades. Henry VIII: Authority, Nation and Religion, 1509–40 covers all the content and skills your students will need for their Edexcel AS Unit 2 Option A1 examination, including: • Chapter 1: THE QUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE Including – Foreign policy ambitions and aims; war and victory in France and Scotland 1513–14; early successes in diplomacy; the Hapsburg-Valois conflict; evaluating the effectiveness of foreign policy • Chapter 2:THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT, 1509–29 Including – Structure of Henry’s Government; the rise of Thomas Wolsey; Wolsey and the justice system; Wolsey and the strengthening of royal finances; Wolsey’s relationship with the King, nobility and parliament; Wolsey and the Church; Wolsey’s fall from power • Chapter 3: CHANGING RELATIONS WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH Including – The annulment strategy; the Reformation Parliament; Submission of the Clergy; establishment of the Royal Supremacy and the break with Rome 1532–4 • Chapter 4: RELIGIOUS CHANGE FROM 1529 Including – Factors influencing religious change; opposition, including the Pilgrimage of Grace; Thomas Cromwell and the encouragement of Protestant ideas; dissolution of the monasteries; the retreat from reform; the fall of Thomas Cromwell; was the English Reformation political or religious? • Chapter 5: ROYAL POWER IN 1540 Including – The nature and extent of royal power • Chapter 6: EXAM SKILLS • Chapter 7: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS • Index
The Access to History series is the most popular and trusted series for AS and A level history students. This title analyses the political and religious developments in Britain during this period. It begins by examining the personality and role of Henry VIII and the rise and fall of Wolsey. It then goes on to examine the Henrician Reformation, the break with Rome and the dissolution of the monasteries. After assessing the effectiveness of Henry's reign the subsequent reigns of Edward VI and Mary I are evaluated, with a concluding section providing an overview of the changes to Church and State in this period. Throughout the book key dates, terms and issues are highlighted, and historical interpretations of key debates are outlined. Summary diagrams are included to consolidate knowledge and understanding of the period, and exam-style questions and tips written by examiners for all exam specifications provide the opportunity to develop exam skills.
This collection of essays by leading scholars and researchers in early Tudor studies provides an up-to-date discussion of the politics, policy and piety of Henry VIII's reign. It explores such areas as the reform of central and local government, foreign policy, relations between leading politicians, life at Court, Henry's first divorce and the break with Rome, literature and the government's exploitation of it, and the growth of evangelical religion in Henry's England. Particular consideration is given to the controversies which have arisen about the reign among modern historians, and there is an effort to assess the personality of Henry himself.
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