Edexcel GCSE History: British Depth Study (Paper 2, Booklet B) Revision Notes 2024

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First teaching 2024

First exams 2026

Anglo-Saxon & Norman England, c1060–88

The 2 Mark "Describe One Feature" Question

The 12 Mark "Explain Why" Question

The 16 Mark "How Far do you Agree" Question

Anglo-Saxon Society in c.1060

The Power of Anglo-Saxon Monarchs

Government in Anglo-Saxon England

The Legal System in Anglo-Saxon England

The Anglo-Saxon Economy

Religion in Anglo-Saxon England

The Significance & Power of the House of Godwin

The Uprising Against Tostig Godwinson, 1065

The Death of Edward the Confessor

Who Wanted to Become King of England in January 1066?

Harold Godwinson Becomes King, 6th January 1066

The Battle of Gate Fulford, 20th September 1066

The Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25th September 1066

The Battle of Hastings, 14th October 1066

The Submission of the Earls, 1066

How Did William the Conqueror Reward Loyalty?

The Marcher Earldoms

Motte & Bailey Castles

Edwin & Morcar's Revolt, 1068

Edgar the Aethling & the Rebellions in the North, 1069

The Harrying of the North, 1069-1070

Hereward the Wake & the Rebellion of Ely, 1070-1071

The Revolt of the Earls, 1075

Changes in Landownership, 1066-1087

Changes in Landholding after 1071

William the Conqueror's Royal Powers

The Feudal System

The Church in Norman England

The Structure of Norman Government

The Domesday Survey & Domesday Book

The Norman Aristocracy

The Reign of William I & Succession

Henry VIII & His Ministers, 1509–40

The 2 Mark "Describe One Feature" Question

The 12 Mark "Explain Why" Question

The 16 Mark "How Far do you Agree" Question

England in 1509

Henry VIII’s Accession

How Did Wolsey Rise to Power?

Wolsey's Reforms

The Amicable Grant

Wolsey’s Foreign Policy

Wolsey & Catherine of Aragon

Wolsey's Fall from Power

How Did Cromwell Rise to Power?

Cromwell & the Annulment

The Fall of Anne Boleyn & the Rise of Jane Seymour

Cromwell's Reforms

Cromwell's Management & Use of Parliament

Anne of Cleves

Cromwell's Fall from Power

Henry & the Catholic Church

The Acts of Succession & Supremacy,1534

Elizabeth Barton & John Fisher

Opposition from Thomas More

The Impact of the English Reformation on the Church

Religious Houses & The Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Pilgrimage of Grace, 1536

Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88

The 2 Mark "Describe One Feature" Question

The 12 Mark "Explain Why" Question

The 16 Mark "How Far do you Agree" Question

Elizabethan Society & Government-1558

The Issues with Elizabeth I Becoming Queen of England

The Advantages of Elizabeth I Becoming Queen of England

Challenges to Elizabeth I Succession in England

Challenges to Elizabeth I Succession in Europe

The English Reformation

The Importance of the Church of England in 1558

Elizabeth I's Solution-The Religious Settlement, 1559

Enforcing the Religious Settlement

Puritan Challenge to the Religious Settlement

Catholic Challenge to the Religious Settlement

Protestantism Across Europe, 1562-1569

Mary, Queen of Scots' Claim to the English Throne

Mary & Elizabeth I's Relationship, 1568-1569

The Revolt of the Northern Earls

The Ridolfi Plot, 1571

The Throckmorton Plot, 1583

The Babington Plot, 1586

Mary, Queen of Scots' Execution, 1587

Walsingham & the Use of Spies in Elizabethan England

Anglo-Spanish Political, Religious & Commercial Rivalry

Sir Francis Drake & Privateering

England & the Spanish Netherlands

Elizabeth's Action in the Netherlands

The Singeing of the King's Beard, 1587

The Spanish Armada, 1588

Education in Elizabethan England

Leisure in Elizabethan England

Why Were the Poor Considered a Problem to Elizabeth?

Elizabeth's Poor Laws, 1563-1576

The Elizabethans & Exploration

Attempted Colonisation of Virginia

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