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My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: The Tudors: England, 1485-1603
My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: The Tudors: England, 1485-1603
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Exam Board: AQA
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: History
First Teaching: September 2015
First Exam: June 2016

Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.

- Enables students to plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner

- Consolidates knowledge with clear and focused content coverage, organised into easy-to-revise chunks

- Encourages active revision by closely combining historical content with related activities

- Helps students build, practise and enhance their exam skills as they progress through activities set at three different levels

- Improves exam technique through exam-style questions with sample answers and commentary from expert authors and teachers

- Boosts historical knowledge with a useful glossary and timeline

Language
English
ISBN
9781471876110
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Introduction
Part 1 Consolidation of the Tudor dynasty: England 1485–1547
1 Henry VII, 1485–1509
Henry Tudor’s consolidation of power: character, aims and establishing the Tudor dynasty
Government: councils, parliament and justice
Royal finance and domestic policies
Relationships with Scotland, France, Spain and other foreign powers
Securing the succession and marriage alliances
Society: churchmen, nobles and commoners
Regional division, social discontent and rebellions
Economic development: trade, exploration, prosperity and depression
Religion, humanism, arts and learning
Exam focus
2 Henry VIII and the Royal Supremacy, 1509–47
Henry VIII: character, aims and addressing Henry VII’s legacy
Government: Crown and parliament
Domestic policies, including securing the succession
Ministers: Wolsey, Cromwell, More and Cranmer
The establishment of the Royal Supremacy
Relationships with Scotland, France, Spain and other foreign powers
Society: elites and commoners
Regional issues and the social impact of religious upheaval
Economic development: trade, exploration, prosperity and depression
Protest, opposition and rebellion
Religion: Renaissance ideas, reform of the Church, continuity and change by 1547
Exam focus
Part 2 England: turmoil and triumph 1547–1603 (A-level only)
3 Instability and consolidation: the ‘mid-Tudor crisis’, 1547–63
Edward VI: Somerset and Northumberland
Royal authority and problems of succession
Edward VI and relations with foreign powers
Intellectual developments, humanist and religious thought under Edward VI and Mary I
The social impact of religious and economic changes under Edward VI: protest and rebellion
Mary I and her ministers: royal authority and problems of succession
Mary I and relations with foreign powers
The social impact of religious and economic changes under Mary I: protest and rebellion
Elizabeth I: character, aims and the consolidation of power
Religious policy, the Elizabethan Church Settlement and relations with foreign powers
Exam focus
4 The triumph of Elizabeth, 1563–1603
Elizabethan government: court, ministers and parliament
Favourites and factional rivalries
Foreign affairs: issues of succession, Mary, Queen of Scots and relations with Spain
Society: wealth, social mobility, poverty and vagrancy
Problems in the regions, social discontent and rebellions
Economic development: trade, exploration and colonisation, prosperity and depression
Religious developments, change and continuity
The English renaissance and the ‘Golden Age’ of art, literature and music
The last years of Elizabeth: the state of England politically, economically, religiously and socially by 1603
Exam focus
Timeline
Glossary
Key figures
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