History A-Level
Religious compromise and conflict
What Religious compromise and conflict means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The 1559 Settlement created a Protestant framework, yet continuity persisted through traditional parish rituals, while Puritanism demanded further reform and Catholicism faced suppression after the 1570 excommunication.
Topics that use Religious compromise and conflict
- 1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603 – The triumph of Elizabeth, 1563–1603 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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