Oxford Cambridge and RSA - 2025
Friday 23 May 2025 – Morning
A Level History A
Y313/01 The Ascendancy of France 1610–1715
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
(Verified Question Paper With Mark Scheme
Combined June 2025)
, INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question
numbers must be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer the question in Section A and any two questions in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk
(*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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Section A
Read the two passages and answer Question 1.
1 Evaluate the interpretations in both of the two passages.
Explain which you think is more convincing as an explanation of the extent to which
Richelieu strengthened royal authority. [30]
Passage A
© D Murphy, M Tillbrook, P Walsh-Atkins, Europe, 1450-1661, p333-335, Harper Collins, 2000. From first line "There is a strong case for arguing that Richelieu did considerable damage to France." to last line "But he failed to gain the financial self-sufficiency that would
have been a vital part of such an attem
Passage B
© Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of European History 1494-1789, p153-7 and 161, Routledge, 1990. From first line "Richelieu once stated that his first concern was the prestige and power of the king." to last line "but it was an important phase in the development of the financial
system, characteristic of the anc
© OCR Y313/01
2025 Jun25
Friday 23 May 2025 – Morning
A Level History A
Y313/01 The Ascendancy of France 1610–1715
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
(Verified Question Paper With Mark Scheme
Combined June 2025)
, INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question
numbers must be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer the question in Section A and any two questions in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk
(*).
• This document has 4 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2025
OCR is an exempt
[T/506/4300] DC (IP)
Charity Turn over
355284/1
, 2
Section A
Read the two passages and answer Question 1.
1 Evaluate the interpretations in both of the two passages.
Explain which you think is more convincing as an explanation of the extent to which
Richelieu strengthened royal authority. [30]
Passage A
© D Murphy, M Tillbrook, P Walsh-Atkins, Europe, 1450-1661, p333-335, Harper Collins, 2000. From first line "There is a strong case for arguing that Richelieu did considerable damage to France." to last line "But he failed to gain the financial self-sufficiency that would
have been a vital part of such an attem
Passage B
© Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of European History 1494-1789, p153-7 and 161, Routledge, 1990. From first line "Richelieu once stated that his first concern was the prestige and power of the king." to last line "but it was an important phase in the development of the financial
system, characteristic of the anc
© OCR Y313/01
2025 Jun25
