1.3 HVIII and wolsey

Question 1

What were the two very public Changes HVIII made when he came to power

Answer 1

• Arrested and executed Dudley and Empson
• Announced marriage to catherine of aragon

Question 1

argument HVIII did not seek an immediete break from the past

Answer 1

maintained many of HVII’s policies and methods and retained some of his servants

Question 2

why HVIII’s execution of Dudley and Empson significant

Answer 2

• they had been responsible for implementing HVII’s harsh financial policies
• gained popularity by removing his dad’s two most hated advisors

Question 3

Why was HVIII’s marriage to catherine of aaragon significant

Answer 3

• HVII had refused to return her to spain or marry her to Henry
• Henry would be seen as chivalrous / righting the previous wrongs
• Restored the Anglo - spanish alliance that stuttered in HVII’s last years.
• provide an ally for the aim of being a warrior king.

Question 4

why did HVIII want to demonstrate his claim to france

Answer 4

• Henry V had been crowned king of france
• display his prowess as a warrior
• demonstrate a further break from his father, who avoided war

Question 5

What did Fox trick Henry into doing in 1510

Answer 5

renewing the truce with france

Question 6

what issues faced HVIII’s desire to conquest in france

Answer 6

• Advisors against it
• Both Ferdinand and Maximillion were unreliable allies
• France was stronger than it had been under Henry V

Question 7

when did HVIII launch his first campaign to france and what happened

Answer 7

1512

• Planned a coordinated attack w spain
• Ferdinand used his presence as a distraction to the french

-English Army returned having acheived nothing and cost a lot

Question 8

How did HVIII change his strategy in his second conquest to france and when was it

Answer 8

1513

• focused on the area around calais (english controlled) to be less reliant on allies
• the french avoided battle with him meaning they acheived less
• took Tournai , which was not economically important but was well known + gave him glory
• Battle of the spurs turned into a great propaganda victory.
• Exhausted english finances

Question 9

Why was HVIII unable to invade France in 1514

Answer 9

the 1513 campaign exhausted english finances

Question 9

The battle of Flodden Vs the Battle of the spurs

Answer 9

1513

• Henry : Battle of Spurs in france
• propaganda victory
• caught some french nobles
• Able to claim he had lived up to valour and that the emperor had yielded.
• Catherine: Battle of Flodden in Scotland
• James IV killed and replaced with infant son James V, with henrys sister margaret as regent
• removal of scottish threat for many years

Question 10

What did HVIII do instead of conquest in 1514 and how epic was it

Answer 10

• forced to pursue a peace policy
• Henry could keep his conquests
• His Sister married Louis XII .
• French gave some money
• When weighed against the costs of the previous campaign, minimal advantages + sacrificed his sister in the marriage market for just short - term benefit

Question 11

Benefits of HVIII’s traits of
lavish spending , being seen often

Answer 11

-Appealed to the noblility who had largely been ignored in HVII’s late years

• traditional relationship restored w nobility, created new nobles
• therefore nobles posed less of a threat to his authority