AQA A-LEVEL HISTORY COMPONENT 1D STUART BRITAIN AND THE CRISIS OF
MONARCHY, 1603–1702 COMBINED QUESTION PAPER AND MARKING SCHEME
A-level
HISTORY
Component 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702
Thursday 23 May 2024 Morning 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
7042/1D.
• 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.
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Section A
Answer Question 01.
Extract A
Millenarianism was a central belief of Protestantism but flourished with the political
events of the 1640s and 1650s. Most Protestants believed that a war between the forces
of Christ and Antichrist would end in a final battle and the Millennium would be
established when King Jesus returned to rule on earth. Thus, defined in this sense, there
is little doubt that Millenarianism, far from being the belief of a few eccentrics, was part of 5
the mainstream of Protestant intellectual life. However, groups like the Fifth Monarchists
have been dismissed by some as fanatical eccentrics. In a sense this is not surprising.
For them the civil wars and Charles I’s execution were signs of the coming of King Jesus.
As ridiculous as these ideas seem, they were well in line with those held by many people
due to the political events of 1640 to 1660. The uniqueness of the 10
Fifth Monarchists as Millenarians in these years was their plans for a temporary
government controlled by a minority until the Millennium.
Adapted from B Coward, The Stuart Age, 1984
Extract B
The appeal of popular Millenarianism in the 1640s and 1650s came from the hope it
offered. At a popular level, the Millennium seems to have meant a future world freed
from the insecurity of the seventeenth century. Wars would cease. Crops would be
gathered without the age-old fear of harvest failure. The workers alone, liberated from
taxes, tithes and rent, would benefit from their labour. Family life would be transformed 5
by the assurance of perfect health. In a period of recession, fighting and confusion, such
promises had an obvious appeal and were used by groups like the Diggers in reaching
out to ordinary people. The popular appeal of Millenarianism also came from the cheap
printing the various groups could make use of to popularise their vision. Thus, in these
turbulent years, Millenarianism was not confined to the elite or to those who were 10
Fifth Monarchists, but had a widespread popular appeal because of the hope it offered to
ordinary people of an end to their economic and social problems.
Adapted from B Capp, The Fifth Monarchists and Popular Millenarianism, 1984
IB/M/Jun24/7042/1D
MONARCHY, 1603–1702 COMBINED QUESTION PAPER AND MARKING SCHEME
A-level
HISTORY
Component 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702
Thursday 23 May 2024 Morning 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
7042/1D.
• 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.
,IB/M/Jun24/G4006/E6 7042/1D
, 2
Section A
Answer Question 01.
Extract A
Millenarianism was a central belief of Protestantism but flourished with the political
events of the 1640s and 1650s. Most Protestants believed that a war between the forces
of Christ and Antichrist would end in a final battle and the Millennium would be
established when King Jesus returned to rule on earth. Thus, defined in this sense, there
is little doubt that Millenarianism, far from being the belief of a few eccentrics, was part of 5
the mainstream of Protestant intellectual life. However, groups like the Fifth Monarchists
have been dismissed by some as fanatical eccentrics. In a sense this is not surprising.
For them the civil wars and Charles I’s execution were signs of the coming of King Jesus.
As ridiculous as these ideas seem, they were well in line with those held by many people
due to the political events of 1640 to 1660. The uniqueness of the 10
Fifth Monarchists as Millenarians in these years was their plans for a temporary
government controlled by a minority until the Millennium.
Adapted from B Coward, The Stuart Age, 1984
Extract B
The appeal of popular Millenarianism in the 1640s and 1650s came from the hope it
offered. At a popular level, the Millennium seems to have meant a future world freed
from the insecurity of the seventeenth century. Wars would cease. Crops would be
gathered without the age-old fear of harvest failure. The workers alone, liberated from
taxes, tithes and rent, would benefit from their labour. Family life would be transformed 5
by the assurance of perfect health. In a period of recession, fighting and confusion, such
promises had an obvious appeal and were used by groups like the Diggers in reaching
out to ordinary people. The popular appeal of Millenarianism also came from the cheap
printing the various groups could make use of to popularise their vision. Thus, in these
turbulent years, Millenarianism was not confined to the elite or to those who were 10
Fifth Monarchists, but had a widespread popular appeal because of the hope it offered to
ordinary people of an end to their economic and social problems.
Adapted from B Capp, The Fifth Monarchists and Popular Millenarianism, 1984
IB/M/Jun24/7042/1D
