A LevelHistoryAQAComponent 1: Breadth study1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603

1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603 (AQA A Level History)

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Consolidation of the Tudor Dynasty: Henry VII, 1485–1509

  1. Henry VII’s Claim to the Throne & Consolidation of Power
  2. Henry VII: Government, Councils, Parliament & Justice
  3. Henry VII: Royal Finance & Domestic Policies
  4. Henry VII: Foreign Policy, Alliances & Marriage Diplomacy
  5. Henry VII: Society & Nobility
  6. Henry VII: Economic Development
  7. Henry VII: Religion, Humanism, Arts & Learning

Consolidation of the Tudor Dynasty: Henry VIII, 1509 -1547

  1. Henry VIII: Character, Aims & Early Reign
  2. Henry VIII: Wolsey - Rise, Power & Reforms
  3. Henry VIII: Wolsey - Domestic Policies & Parliament
  4. Henry VIII: The Fall of Wolsey & the Great Matter
  5. Henry VIII: Cromwell - the Rise to Power & Revolution in Government
  6. Henry VIII: The Break with Rome & Establishment of Royal Supremacy
  7. Henry VIII: The Dissolution of the Monasteries
  8. Henry VIII: The Fall of Cromwell & Factions at Court, 1539-1547
  9. Henry VIII: Foreign Policy Under Wolsey, 1509-1529
  10. Henry VIII: Foreign Policy After the Break with Rome, 1529-1547
  11. Henry VIII: Society & Rebellion
  12. Henry VIII: Economic Development
  13. Henry VIII: Religion & the Henrician Reformation

Instability and Consolidation: ‘The Mid-Tudor Crisis’, 1547–1563

  1. Edward VI: Government, Somerset & Northumberland
  2. Edward VI: Foreign Policy
  3. Edward VI: Religious Change and the Move Towards Protestantism
  4. Edward VI: Economy & Rebellion
  5. Mary I: Character & Royal Authority
  6. Mary I: Foreign Policy, Marriage & the Succession
  7. Mary I: The Marian Counter-Reformation, Restoring Catholicism
  8. Mary I: Economic & Social Change
  9. Elizabeth I: Character, Aims & the Early Consolidation of Power
  10. Elizabeth I: The Elizabethan Religious Settlement, 1559
  11. Elizabeth I: Early Foreign Policy
  12. Elizabeth I: Early Economic, Social & Religious Developments

The Triumph of Elizabeth, 1563–1603

  1. Elizabeth I: The Court, Privy Council & Patronage
  2. Elizabeth I: Parliament, Conflict & Cooperation
  3. Elizabeth I: Factional Rivalries & the Essex Rebellion
  4. Elizabeth I: Succession, Mary Queen of Scots & Catholic Plots
  5. Elizabeth I: Foreign Policy - Spain, the Netherlands & the Armada
  6. Elizabeth I: Foreign Policy - France & Ireland
  7. Elizabeth I: Society - Continuity, Change & Rebellion
  8. Elizabeth I: Trade & Commerce
  9. Elizabeth I: Exploration, Colonisation & Privateering
  10. Elizabeth I: Economy - Prosperity & Depression
  11. Elizabeth I: Religion - The Catholic Threat
  12. Elizabeth I: Religion - The Puritan Challenge
  13. Elizabeth I: The Church - Archbishops, Injunctions & Enforcement
  14. Elizabeth I: The English Renaissance (the Golden Age)
  15. Elizabeth I: The Last Years
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