Mid-tudor crisis

about this session

Key stage 5 | Subject: History | Topics: Tudors, Elizabethans | Session type: Depth study

Does change always impede stability? Hampton Court Palace saw use by three mid-Tudor kings and queens over a decade, all with very different aims and agendas.

In this session students will evaluate the stability of the monarchy and the extent of the religious turbulence under King Edward VI, Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I.

Exploring the palace buildings themselves, alongside contemporary sources, students will analyse elements of the Mid-Tudor Crisis through the uses of this key location during many significant challenges and victories for Tudor monarchs.

Exam board links

This session has been designed to complement the study of the mid-Tudor period, and particularly the following exam boards: 

• AQA, 1C: The Tudors: England, 1485–1603, Part Two. 
• Edexcel,1B: England, 1509–1603: authority, nation and religion. 
• Edexcel, Option 31: Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors, 1485-1603. 
• OCR A, Y106: England, 1485–1558: the Early Tudors (Enquiry topic: Mid Tudor Crises 1547–1558). 
• OCR A, Y107: England 1547–1603: The Later Tudors (Enquiry topic: Mid Tudor Crises 1547–1558). 
• WJEC Unit 1, period study (AS): Government, rebellion and society in Wales and England, c.1485-1603. 
• WJEC, Unit 2, depth study (AS): The Mid Tudor Crisis in Wales and England c.1529-1570. Part 1: Problems, threats and challenges c.1529-1553. 
• WJEC, Unit 3, breadth study (A2): Poverty, protest and rebellion in Wales and England, c.1485-1603. 
• WJEC, Unit 4, depth study (A2): The Mid Tudor Crisis in Wales and England c.1529-1570, Part 2: Challenges facing Mary and Elizabeth c.1553-1570. 

Booking Information

Availability
Wednesday - Friday
10.30, 13.00

This session is also available on our Schools only Tuesdays:

2024   

Tuesday 24 September
Tuesday 22 October
Tuesday 26 November      

2025

Tuesday 25 February
Tuesday 25 March
Tuesday 20 May
Tuesday 8 July   

Duration
90 minutes

Capacity
Up to 25 students

Price
£114 per session plus £4.10 per student admission