Church power and the meaning of reform
Church power and the meaning of reform
The Reformation was the 16th-century movement for religious reform that broke the unity of the western Catholic Church. Around 1500, however, the Church was immensely strong: it shaped belief and salvation, but also landholding, law, finance and politics.
Step-by-step lessons on AQA A Level History The origins of the Reformation, c1500–1531. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.