History A-Level
Catholic reform
What Catholic reform means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Rather than reunification, the Catholic Church was forced to pivot towards internal reform and the Counter-Reformation.
Topics that use Catholic reform
- 2C The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564 (A-level only) – The expansion of the Reformation, 1531–1541 (AQA A-Level)
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