History A-Level

Condition of the Settlement

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By 1570, following the papal bull excommunicating Elizabeth, it had shifted from uneasy compromise to entrenched division, forcing harsher penal laws against Catholics.

AQA · 2D Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529– c1570 – The establishment of the Church of England, 1558–c1570 (A-level only) (study guide)

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2D Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529– c1570 – The establishment of the Church of England, 1558–c1570 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)

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