How did the Reformation affect Westminster Abbey? activity sheet

Key stage

KS4; Post-16

Subject

History

Collection

Tudors

Format

PDF (9mb)

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Photograph of stained-glass window showing the deed of surrender as part of the dissolution of the monasteries, showing monks signing it

Overview

Using Westminster Abbey as a case study, explore how different Tudor monarchs guided the faith of the country from Catholicism to Protestantism. Work through this document to build up evidence about what changed and what stayed the same for faith, burials, coronations and pilgrimage at the Abbey by looking at primary sources and discussing key questions. End by completing a 10-mark question.  

Curriculum links

Themes covered in this lesson are aligned to:

OCR (GCSE)

  • The English Reformation c.1520-c.1550
  • The Elizabethans, 1580–1603

AQA (GCSE)

  • Elizabeth England, c1568-1603

Edexcel (GCSE)

  • Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509-40
  • Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88 

OCR (A level)

  • England 1485-1558: the Early Tudors
  • England 1547–1603: the Later Tudors 

AQA (A level)

  • The Tudors: England, 1485–1603 
  • The Reformation in Europe, c1500-1564 (A level only) 
  • Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529 - c1570

Edexcel (A level)

  • England, 1509–1603: authority, nation and religion
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