History 7041 Paper 2D June 2023, AQA AS-Level Past Papers with Mark Schemes

This exam paper focuses on Religious Conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570, specifically The Break with Rome, c1529–1547. Section A evaluates attitudes toward the Catholic Church in 1529 through contrasting views from Thomas More and Erasmus, highlighting the Church’s doctrines and criticism of superstition. Section B explores the influence of Anne Boleyn and her supporters on religious changes (1529–1535) and assesses the role of papal influences as a cause for the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The questions emphasize religious reforms, political influences, and the challenges to the Catholic Church during Henry VIII’s reign.