History A-Level
Religion and the Counter-Reformation
What Religion and the Counter-Reformation means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Philip's primary ambition to defend Catholicism against rising Protestantism and the Ottoman Empire, shaping his foreign policy.
Topics that use Religion and the Counter-Reformation
- 1B Spain in the Age of Discovery, 1469–1598 (A-level only) – Spain: The 'Great Power', 1556–1598 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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