A-level HISTORY Component 1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603

level HISTORY Component 1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603 Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 16-page answer book. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7042/1C. • Answer three questions. In Section A answer Question 01. In Section B answer two questions. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 80. • You will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. Advice • You are advised to spend about: – 1 hour on Question 01 from Section A – 45 minutes on each of the two questions answered from Section B. 2 IB/M/Jun21/7042/1C Section A Answer Question 01. Extract A Having established the Religious Settlement in 1559, even if it did not exactly match her own personal preferences, Elizabeth successfully resisted any major attempt to change it. Sometimes she would have to do this directly, as when she tried to prevent angry Protestant gentry in the House of Commons from trying to re-start the debate on Church reform. More often, she would act indirectly, using her bishops as barriers against change. The bishops were put in increasingly awkward positions as the Queen’s attitude hardened towards Protestant non-conformity. She appeared to be personally conservative. The Queen left her Archbishops of Canterbury, Parker and Grindal and their colleagues, with the uncomfortable task of bringing fellow Protestants into line, with little official backing. Following furious public disputes around the Advertisements, opposition gradually crumbled leaving a legacy of bitterness. The death of Archbishop Grindal in 1583, also marked the death of any possibility of moving the English Church beyond the beginnings made by Cranmer. Adapted from D MacCulloch, The later Reformation in England, 1547–1603, 2001