Question 1
8 marksQ3 Write an account
Write an account of how the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587 affected England.
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Question 2
8 marksQ3 Write an account
Write an account of the ways in which English naval warfare changed during the conflict with Spain.
Question 3
8 marksQ2 Explain what was important
Explain what was important about the Catholic missionaries in Elizabethan England.
Question 4
8 marksQ2 Explain what was important
Explain what was important about the conflict with Spain before 1588.
Question 5
8 marksQ2 Explain what was important
Explain what was important about the Northern Rebellion of 1569.
Question 6
8 marksRead Interpretation A below, then answer the question.
Interpretation A: from a history of the English Church written for the general reader in 2018.
Written for practice: not a real historical interpretation.
The Puritans were never a real danger to Elizabeth. Most were loyal Protestants who wanted only simpler services and better preaching, and who hated Catholic Spain as much as the Queen did. The handful who went further — printing secret attacks on the bishops, or setting up congregations of their own — were quickly dealt with. By insisting on conformity through her archbishops, Elizabeth made sure that Puritanism stayed a complaint made inside her Church rather than a rebellion against it.
Q1 How convincing is the interpretation
How convincing is Interpretation A about the Puritans in Elizabethan England?
Explain your answer based on your contextual knowledge and what it says in Interpretation A.
Question 7
8 marksRead Interpretation A below, then answer the question.
Interpretation A: from a study of Elizabeth I written for a popular audience in 2016.
Written for practice: not a real historical interpretation.
Elizabeth's refusal to name her successor was a calculated policy, not a failure of nerve. She knew that any named heir would become a magnet for the discontented, as Mary, Queen of Scots had been, and that uncertainty kept her councillors loyal to her. The gamble worked: in 1603 the crown passed peacefully to James VI of Scotland. Yet for forty-five years her subjects had to live with the fear that her death would bring civil war and foreign invasion.
Q1 How convincing is the interpretation
How convincing is Interpretation A about the problem of the succession?
Explain your answer based on your contextual knowledge and what it says in Interpretation A.