History A-Level
Paul IV
What Paul IV means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Pursued an uncompromising, anti-Spanish stance and expanded the Inquisition, enforcing strict doctrinal purity through fear.
Topics that use Paul IV
- 2C The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564 (A-level only) – The Catholic Reformation, 1531–1564 (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Consilium de Emendanda Ecclesia
- Geographical variation
- Jesuits
- New religious orders
- Pius IV
- Roman Inquisition
- Popular piety
- Spiritual Exercises
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