CIE • Pre-U History

In need of some help to smash your Pre-U exam on the French Wars of Religion? Then look no further! Written by a D1 student who later obtained a first in History from Oxford, these detailed notes can help you save time and obtain a better mark. The 19 pages of word-processed notes cover the following core topics: - Background causes of the Wars (religion, nobility, crown) - Historiography - A blow-by-blow account of the key events, clearly laid-out by war - Analysis of all monarchs ...

In need of some help to smash your Pre-U exam on Henry IV? Then look no further! Written by a D1 student who later obtained a first in History from Oxford, these detailed notes can help you save time and obtain a better mark. The 14 pages of word-processed notes cover the following core topics: - Henry's early life - State of France when Henry came to the throne - Historiography on Henry - Religion - The Edict of Nantes - Finance and administration - The economy and society - No...

In need of some help to smash your Pre-U exam on the Reformation? Then look no further! Written by a D1 student who later obtained a first in History from Oxford, these detailed notes can help you save time and obtain a better mark. The 46 pages of word-processed notes cover the following core topics: - The Catholic Church pre-Reformation - Background factors that made the Reformation possible (the Empire, Papacy, humanism, Catholic Church, popular religion, printing, indulgences) - L...

In need of some help to smash your Pre-U exam on Philip II of Spain? Then look no further! Written by a D1 student who later obtained a first in History from Oxford, these detailed notes can help you save time and obtain a better mark. The 20 pages of word-processed notes cover the following core topics: - The nature of Philip's government and problems with it - The Cortes - The Pérez affair - The revolts of the Moriscos and of Aragon - Absolutism - Finances - The Church - Fore...

In need of some help to smash your Pre-U exam on Richelieu and Mazarin? Then look no further! Written by a D1 student who later obtained a first in History from Oxford, these detailed notes can help you save time and obtain a better mark. The 22 pages of word-processed notes cover the following core topics: - Marie de Medici and the regency - Concini - Richelieu's rise to power - His aims - The Day of the Dupes - Religious policy and the Huguenots - Royal absolutism - The Inten...

In need of some help to smash your Pre-U exam on Charles V? Then look no further! Written by a D1 student who later obtained a first in History from Oxford, these detailed notes can help you save time and obtain a better mark. The 21 pages of word-processed notes cover the following core topics: - The Netherlands - Spain - General information on the Holy Roman Empire at the time - Charles' election as Holy Roman Emperor - The Diet of Worms - The Comunero Revolt - The Italian Wars...

In need of some help to smash your Pre-U exam on the Italian Renaissance? Then look no further! Written by a D1 student who later obtained a first in History from Oxford, these detailed notes can help you save time and obtain a better mark. The 28 pages of word-processed notes cover the following core topics: - Humanism - Intellectual culture - Driving forces behind the development of the Renaissance - Patronage - Specific examples from Florence, Venice and Rome, as well as smaller ...

In need of some help to smash your Pre-U exam on Elizabeth I? Then look no further! Written by a D1 student who later obtained a first in History from Oxford, these detailed notes can help you save time and obtain a better mark. The 40 pages of word-processed notes cover the following core topics: - Elizabeth's life - The Privy Council - Parliaments - Social Policy and the Poor Laws - The Church - Rebellions - Mary Queen of Scots - The Protestant and Catholic threat - Foreign Po...

In need of some help to smash your Pre-U exam on James I? Then look no further! Written by a D1 student who later obtained a first in History from Oxford, these detailed notes can help you save time and obtain a better mark. The 14 pages of word-processed notes cover the following core topics: - James' life - Historiography - The Court - Parliaments - Foreign Policy - The Church The notes were written to prepare for the Pre-U Early Modern British History paper, but will be of us...

In need of some help to smash your Pre-U exam on Mary I? Then look no further! Written by a D1 student who later obtained a first in History from Oxford, these detailed notes can help you save time and obtain a better mark. The 14 pages of word-processed notes cover the following core topics: - Mary's life - The historiography of her reign - Mary's marriage - Wyatt's Rebellion - War with France - The Church - Marian government - Mid-Tudor crisis The notes were written to prepa...