Heresy and orthodoxy
What Heresy and orthodoxy means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Heresy was a capital offence after the 1401 statute De heretico comburendo, while orthodoxy was the established Church teaching that Henry V defended.
The 1553 execution of Michael Servetus for heresy cemented Calvin's authority and won international Protestant backing.
Topics that use Heresy and orthodoxy
- 2C The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564 (A-level only) – The second wave of Protestant Reform, 1541–1564 (AQA A-Level)
- Paper 3, Option 30: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509 - 2 Henry V and the conquest of France, 1413–21 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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