AQA A Level History: Tudors, essay topics

Henry VII: consolidation

- Immediate consolidation
- Viscount Lovell and Staffords
- Battle of Stoke Field
- Simnel and Lincoln
- Warbeck

Henry VII: government

- Councils and court
- Parliament
- Domestic policy

Henry VII: religion/arts/learning

- Function of church
- Religious community, belief and learning
- Religious orders
- Lollards, heresy, anticlericalism
- Humanism/education/arts/learning

Henry VII: economy

- The Agrarian economy
- Early exploration
- Trade and industry
- Prosperity and depression

Henry VII: society

- Nobility/gentry
- Churchmen/commoners
- Regional division
- Social discontent: Yorkshire, Cornish

Henry VII: foreign policy

- Brittany and France
- Burgundy, Netherlands, HRE
- Spain
- Scotland
- Ireland

Henry VIII: government

- Crown and parliament
- Domestic Policy
- Royal supremacy
- Ministers

Henry VIII: foreign policy

- Scotland
- Spain
- France

Henry VIII: religion

- Act of Supremacy
- Dissolution
- C vs P
- Renaissance ideas

Henry VIII: economy

- Agriculture
- Industry
- Inflation
- Trade

Henry VIII: society

- Elites
- Regional issues: wales, NI, North England
- Commoners
- Social impact of religion

Edward VI: social impact religious/economic change

- Developing humanism
- Religious problems

Edward VI: foreign powers

- Diplomatic inheritance
- Demand for peace

Edward VI: ministers

- Somerset 1547-49
- Northumberland 1549-53

Mary I: ministers

- Style of government
- Marriage and succession

Mary I: social impact religious/economic change

- Humanist development
- Foreign powers
- Religious problems
- Economic problems

Elizabeth I: consolidation

- National issues
- Coronation
- Ministers

Elizabeth I: early years economic/social/religious impact

- Religious settlement
- Religious policy
- Foreign relations

Elizabeth I: government

- Court, privy council, ministers
- Parliament
- Factional rivalries

Elizabeth I: foreign affairs

- Marriage and succession
- MQoS
- Foreign policy

Elizabeth I: society

- Wealth and social mobility
- Poverty and vagrancy
- Social discontent
- Socioeconomic problems

Elizabeth I: economy

- Colonial ventures
- Economic developments
- Industry

Elizabeth I: religious developments

- Religious groups
- Counter-reformation
- Local attitudes
- Golden Age

Elizabeth I: last years

- Last decade
- Socio/economic/religious conditions