History A-Level
Religious reform and reaction
What Religious reform and reaction means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Mary acted as a dedicated Catholic reformer, attempting with Cardinal Pole to improve clerical education, enforce pastoral discipline and establish new seminaries, rather than merely reacting.
Topics that use Religious reform and reaction
- 2D Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529– c1570 – The restoration of Papal Authority, 1553–1558 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Catholic reformation
- Church and state
- Economic impact of religious change
- Foreign policy
- monastic lands
- National identity
- Papal authority
- Persecution and martyrdom
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