My Revision Notes Edexcel AS History: Henry VIII - Authority, Nation and Religion, 1509-40

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:
Introduction
Section 1: Henry VIII and the quest for international influence
Henry's foreign policy aims 1509-11
War against France and Scotland 1512-13
England at Peace 1514-22
Sidelined? England's foreign policy 1522-29
The Divorce and foreign policy
The Search for a Protestant alliance 1539-40
Exam focus
Section 2: Structure of government
The Rise of Thomas Wolsey
Wolsey as Cardinal and Papal legate
Wolsey as Lord Chancellor - the government of England 1509-29
Relations with nobility and Parliament
Wolsey, Parliament and attempts to raise revenue
The Fall of Wolsey 1529-30
Exam focus
Section 3: Henry's changing relations with the Catholic Church
The King's Great Matter
Attempts to obtain an annulment
From divorce to Royal Supremacy
The role of key individuals
Enforcing the Reformation
Ten Articles and Six Articles
Exam focus
Section 4: The Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Visitations and the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535
The dissolution of the smaller monasteries, 1536
The Pilgrimage of Grace
The dissolution of the larger monasteries
Faction and political infighting in Henry's Court
Henry VIII - authority and religion
Exam focus
Glossary
Timeline
Answers

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