Religious conflict
What Religious conflict means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
Underlying divisions, particularly growing tension between Puritans and the emerging Arminian faction favoured by Charles, which James left beneath a maintained 'Jacobethan balance'.
Religious differences between Protestant England and Catholic Ireland were one reason for the Nine Years' War.
Topics that use Religious conflict
- 2E The English Revolution, 1625–1660 – The emergence of conflict and the end of consensus, 1625–1629 (AQA A-Level)
- Paper 3, Option 31: Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors, 1485–1603 - 5 Troublesome Ireland: Tyrone’s rebellion, 1594–1603 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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