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Edexcel GCSE History: Paper 2 Option B3 — Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509-40

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  • Topic 1 — Henry VIII and Wolsey, 1509–29

    • 1.1 – Henry VIII, Renaissance Prince
    • 1.2 – The rise of Wolsey and his policies
    • 1.3 – Wolsey’s foreign policy
    • 1.4 – Wolsey, Catherine, the succession and annulment

  • Topic 2 — Henry VIII and Cromwell, 1529–40

    • 2.1 – Cromwell’s rise to power, 1529–34
    • 2.2 – The king’s marriages
    • 2.3 – Cromwell and government, 1534–40
    • 2.4 – The fall of Cromwell

  • Topic 3 — The Reformation and its impact, 1529–40

    • 3.1 – The break with Rome
    • 3.2 – Opposition to, and impact of, Reformation, 1534–40
    • 3.3 – The dissolution of the monasteries
    • 3.4 – The Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536

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