The big pattern
The big pattern

Between 1377 and 1455, England moved from the minority of Richard II to the first battle of the Wars of the Roses. The easiest way to master the period is to track one pattern: when royal authority looked weak, every other problem became harder to control.
Step-by-step lessons covering OCR A Level History England 1377–1455 for A Level History. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in Unit group 1, Unit group 2 and Unit group 3, plus the Y100 non-exam assessment format. 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.