May 2025 Edexcel: AS Level History 8HI0/2B Paper 2 – Depth Study, Option 2B.1:
Luther and the German Reformation, c.1515–1555 & Option 2B.2: The Dutch
Revolt, c.1563–1609 – Merged Question Paper & Mark Scheme
Exam Resource Summary
This May 2025 Pearson Edexcel AS Level History 8HI0/2B document merges the
official question paper and mark scheme for Paper 2 – Depth Study, covering Option
2B.1: Luther and the German Reformation (c. 1515–1555) and Option 2B.2: The
Dutch Revolt (c. 1563–1609). It provides students with a comprehensive view of
assessment format—including source-based questions in Section A and essay
questions in Section B—and shows how marks are allocated across the whole paper.
The merged format supports focused revision, self-assessment and development of
tailored historical argumentation and analysis for whichever option the student has
studied
Turn over
,
,
, SECTION A
Choose EITHER Option 2B.1 (Question 1) OR Option 2B.2 (Question 2), for which
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you have been prepared.
Option 2B.1: Luther and the German Reformation, c1515–55
Answer Question 1, parts (a) and (b).
You should start the answer to part (a) on page 4.
You should start the answer to part (b) on page
7.
1 (a) Study Source 1 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
Why is Source 1 valuable to the historian for an enquiry into the
attitude of the papacy to Luther in 1521?
Explain your answer using the source, the information given about it
and your own knowledge of the historical context.
(8)
AND
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(b) Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How much weight do you give to the evidence of Source 2 for an
enquiry into the reasons why Charles V was unable to defeat
Lutheranism in Germany?
Explain your answer using the source, the information given about it
and your own knowledge of the historical context. (12)
(Total for Question 1 = 20 marks)
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Luther and the German Reformation, c.1515–1555 & Option 2B.2: The Dutch
Revolt, c.1563–1609 – Merged Question Paper & Mark Scheme
Exam Resource Summary
This May 2025 Pearson Edexcel AS Level History 8HI0/2B document merges the
official question paper and mark scheme for Paper 2 – Depth Study, covering Option
2B.1: Luther and the German Reformation (c. 1515–1555) and Option 2B.2: The
Dutch Revolt (c. 1563–1609). It provides students with a comprehensive view of
assessment format—including source-based questions in Section A and essay
questions in Section B—and shows how marks are allocated across the whole paper.
The merged format supports focused revision, self-assessment and development of
tailored historical argumentation and analysis for whichever option the student has
studied
Turn over
,
,
, SECTION A
Choose EITHER Option 2B.1 (Question 1) OR Option 2B.2 (Question 2), for which
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
you have been prepared.
Option 2B.1: Luther and the German Reformation, c1515–55
Answer Question 1, parts (a) and (b).
You should start the answer to part (a) on page 4.
You should start the answer to part (b) on page
7.
1 (a) Study Source 1 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
Why is Source 1 valuable to the historian for an enquiry into the
attitude of the papacy to Luther in 1521?
Explain your answer using the source, the information given about it
and your own knowledge of the historical context.
(8)
AND
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(b) Study Source 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.
How much weight do you give to the evidence of Source 2 for an
enquiry into the reasons why Charles V was unable to defeat
Lutheranism in Germany?
Explain your answer using the source, the information given about it
and your own knowledge of the historical context. (12)
(Total for Question 1 = 20 marks)
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