1540s Foreign Policy

Question 1

henry’s aims in foreign policy overall

Answer 1

-French conquest / honour and glory /trade links w/ Netherlands / international recognition.

Question 2

Scotland reason for war w/ Scotland / aims

Answer 2

• James loyal to france in 1530s when England need support against rome
• protected POG rebels
• 1542 boarder raids by Scots

Question 3

was there success in Scotland ?

Answer 3

1542 defeated Scots at solway MOSS - death James V + infant queen Mary

Question 4

failure in Scotland

Answer 4

marriage agrmt/s Edward and Mary feel in treaty of greenwich – 1544 earl Hertford ‘rough wooing’ fails + Mary marries French dauphin - strengthens auld alliance e

Question 5

overall scotland

Answer 5

missed opportunity to invade weak minor female led country and missed marriage agrmt strengthen auld alliance = FAIL

Question 6

where was Henry able to gain in 1544

Answer 6

boulougne - only symbolic win (recapture youth)

Question 7

success in short term in france

Answer 7

-June 1546 Treaty of Camp – retain Boulogne = 7 yr French pension

Question 8

long term failure in france

Answer 8

• £2million – henry had ‘engineered a mid tudor crises’
• led to inflation in coinage + borrowing from Antwerp
• henry w/o allies against France as Hapsburg allied w/
• 2 lords went to Montreal ignoring henry + failed

Question 9

only foreign policy success in

Answer 9

ireland

Question 10

what happened in Ireland

Answer 10

earl kildare 1536 led religious rebellion announcing allegiance to pope and Charles v

Question 11

success in Ireland why

Answer 11

• brutally crushed
• Anthony St leger sent to be governor
• policy plantations
• breakdown feudal territory slow
• clan Gaelic  central monarchical state

Question 12

overall Henry’s foreign policy

Answer 12

success depends on criteria but if assessing solely on finance and land gain failure for dynasty and left tudor crown in crises of inflation
–> series of symbolic gains amounting to very little in terms of long term success

Question 13

what did France do in may 1545

Answer 13

sink henry flagship Mary Rose

‘Battle of Solent’

Question 14

france attack - attacked where and stats

Answer 14

Isle of Wight – ppl trained after 100yrs war but population 9,000 outnumbered

Question 15

how much did conflict with frame cost?

Answer 15

£2 million

Question 16

what happened in. July 1545

Answer 16

battle at sundown castle dover

Question 17

how could capture of Boulogne be seen as success but why not

Answer 17

improved Englands hold over calais but wider context not worth the money as England already had control of calais
–> improvement of strength does not justify money

Question 18

failure : what did Hapsburg valois alliance mean

Answer 18

Henry without allies

Question 19

failure: French position

Answer 19

auld alliance free to attack briatain as show. in attack on Isle of Wight