1.3.Englands Relations With Scotland And Other Foreign Powers 1485-1509 (henry VII) Flashcards
What was Henry’s main concerns with foreign policy?
Wanted to maintain positive relations with foreign powers to ensure :
• national security (defence)
• recognition of the Tudor dynasty
• defence of English trading interests
What was the hundred year war ? Did Henry want to continue this ?
Conflict that lasted on and off from 1337 to 1453 and was fought between England and the country seen by many English as the traditional enemy: France
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What happened in 1487?
The French invasion of Brittany
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What happened in 1488?
Anglo-French truce
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What happened in 1489?
Treaty of Redon between England and Brittany
Treaty of medina deal campo between England and Spain
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What happened in 1492?
England invades France
Treaty of Etaples between England and France
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What happened in 1496?
Magnus intercursus
Scotland invades England
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What happened in 1497?
Truce of ayton between England and Scotland
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What happened in 1501?
Marriage of Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon
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What happened in 1502 ?
Death of prince Arthur
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What happened in 1503?
Marriage of princess Margaret and Jamie’s IV of Scotland
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What happened in 1504?
Death of queen Isabella of Castile
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What happened in 1506?
Philip of burgundy and Juana of Castile in England (January )
Malus intercursus
Death of Philip of burgundy (September)
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What was Henry’s first major foreign policy?
Henry’s first major foreign policy came in Brittany, a fiefdom of the French crown which has enjoyed effective independence
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Why did Henry summon a parliament in 1489? What were the reasons for this?
To grant him extraordinary revenue to raise an army against the French.
He did this for two main reasons:
• his sense of obligation to the Bretons
• his fear that direct French control of Brittany could increase a potential French threat to England
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What was the name of the treaty England and France agreed on in February 1489?
Treaty of Redon
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What did the treaty of Redon cover ?
The duchess Anne would pay for a small English army to defend Brittany from French threat.
Henry was also trying to strengthen the alliance with Maximilian who had contracted a marriage by proxy with anne and had no desire for the duct of Brittany to fall into French hands
What
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What happen with Anne, the English and the French?
The English army went to Brittany but Anne fearing the prolonged resistance to the French reluctantly married Charles VIII leavening the English army marooned in Brittany, Maximilian lost interest in the matter leaving henry in a difficult position
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Who seeked backing in France and how did this progress and effect henry?
Perkin Warbeck was seeking French backing for his claim to the English throne
In his first foreign adventure henry had an immediate setback
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What did Henry do to France in 1492?
Launched an invasion on France in 1492 late in the campaigning season - strategic
French quickly sought peace settlement
H advisors gambolled that Charles VIII was more interested in Italian invasion in
Treaty of etaples made
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What treaty was made between France and England in 1492? And what did it involve ?
Treaty of Etaples November 1492
Charles VIII agreed to withdraw support for warbeck
Pay pension to Henry
Improved financial position and relatively cordial Anglofrench relations
BURGUNDY, THE NETHERLANDS AND THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
Where did the bulk of England’s exports go through?
Netherlands ports
Antwerp and Bruges
Came under burgundy’s jurisdiction
BURGUNDY, THE NETHERLANDS AND THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
Why did England have to keep relatively positive relations with burgundy?
England’s exports went through Netherlands ports and therefore came under burgundy’s jurisdiction.
Important for commercial reasons for good relations
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Who made English burgundy relationships difficult?
The presence of Margaret duchess of burgundy
Sister of Edward iv and Richard iii
Leading upholder of yorkist cause
Margret - stepson in law - Maximilian HRE
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Explain the deterioration of the relationship between England and burgundy
Relations deteriorated as a result of the hospitality which Maximilian and Philip were offering to perkin warbeck
Can we gamble that putting in Bago on English trade with Burgundy would ease the matter
This caused problems with Henry‘s foreign policy aims - Securing the Dynasty and encouraging trade - putting them in conflict with each other
This showed that Henry was prepared to sacrificed the commercial interests of London and East Coast merchants which did nothing for his popularity in those parts of the country
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How did relations between burgundy and England improve
When Warlbeck left burgundy and Henry and Philip are able to agree the intercusus Magnus in 1496 push for the trade embargo to an end
Anglo Burgundian relations became central to Henry’s foreign policy calculations in 1504 following death of Isabella Queen of Castile
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What is the treaty of Windsor?
The Treaty of Windsor was a new trade agreement (intercursus malus) following the death of Isabella Queen of Castile
Henry showed the same forceful approach adopting in his domestic financial affairs
• he demanded a trade deal which would’ve given a much stronger trading position to English merchants in the Netherlands however this had never been put into practice
• Philip + Maximilian had agreed to handover the Yorkist fugitive the Earl of Suffolk who Henry promptly imprisoned in the tower
• Henry had appeared to improve the English trading position and the security of the Dynasty
SPAIN
Who ruled over Spain?
Spain was ruled over by Ferdinand and his wife Isabella it was a powerful state which Henry had hoped to develop good relations with
SPAIN
What treaty was made between Spain and England? What did this entail?
The Treaty of Medina deal campo
In 1489 it was important development for Henry it gave him some international peace and security
The two monarchies of a mutual protection in the event of an attack
They agreed not to harbour rebels or pretenders
The tree she arranged marriage alliance between Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon who was the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella
SPAIN
What were the problems of the Treaty of Medina del Campo?
Arrangements for the royal marriage did not go smoothly
Ferdinand reluctant to allow the marriage to go ahead as long as Henrys dynastic stability remained threatened by perkin warbeck
The two Monarchs argued over the size of Catherine‘s dowery
SPAIN
When where details of Arthurs and Catherine’s marriage agreed and when did the marriage take place
1499 the marriage details agreed
1501 marriage took place