Summary: 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.
Board specific revision guide which is tightly focussed on both the what you need to know and the how you need to apply it to do well in the examination.Written by examiners and teachers who know the common pitfalls and what the most effective focus for revision should be.Combines content knowledge with skills practice - allowing skills as well as content revision away from the classroom.
Table of Contents: IntroductionSection 1: Henry VIII and the quest for international influenceHenry's foreign policy aims 1509-11War against France and Scotland 1512-13England at Peace 1514-22Sidelined? England's foreign policy 1522-29The Divorce and foreign policyThe Search for a Protestant alliance 1539-40Exam focusSection 2: Structure of governmentThe Rise of Thomas WolseyWolsey as Cardinal and Papal legateWolsey as Lord Chancellor - the government of England 1509-29Relations with nobility and ParliamentWolsey, Parliament and attempts to raise revenueThe Fall of Wolsey 1529-30Exam focusSection 3: Henry's changing relations with the Catholic ChurchThe King's Great MatterAttempts to obtain an annulmentFrom divorce to Royal SupremacyThe role of key individualsEnforcing the ReformationTen Articles and Six ArticlesExam focusSection 4: The Dissolution of the MonasteriesThe Visitations and the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535The dissolution of the smaller monasteries, 1536The Pilgrimage of GraceThe dissolution of the larger monasteriesFaction and political infighting in Henry's CourtHenry VIII - authority and religionExam focusGlossaryTimelineAnswers
About the Author(s): Peter Clements is an experienced examiner and author of History textbooks.
Contributors: Series editors: Laura Williams and Robin Bunce
Readership: AS history students studying this unit