2 - relations with burgundy & spain

Question 1

rulers of Spain

Answer 1

Ferdinand of Aragon & Isabella of Castile

Question 2

relations w/ Burgundy

Answer 2

• embargo on cloth trade, 1493-96 (supported Warbeck) -> ended w/ Magnus Intercursus
• relations improved in 1506 -> Philip of Burgundy forced to seek shelter, able to negotiate Malus Intercursus
• able to convince Philip to hand over Yorkist Earl of Suffolk (final Yorkist threat)
• Henry revoked Malus Intercursus to pursue alliance w/ Burgundy (& France) against Spain -> League of Cambrai (but this failed when France pulled out)
• marriage agreement w/ Archduke Charles (Philip’s son) & Mary Tudor (Henry’s daughter)

Question 3

Magnus Intercursus (1496)

Answer 3

• ended trade embargo w/ Burgundy in 1496
• allowed English merchants to sell goods anywhere on Philip’s land, except Flanders, w/o tolls or customs
• restored in 1507 after Malus Intercursus ended

Question 4

Malus Intercursus (1506)

Answer 4

• trade w/ Burgundy = free
• Philip was not to impose duties on the sale of English cloth
• Philip was not to exclude English cloth from his land
• Philip’s subjects had to pay duties outlined in Magnus Intercursus
• ended in 1507 & Magnus Intercursus restored

Question 5

relations w/ Spain

Answer 5

• 1488, proposed marriage btwn Arthur & Catherine of Aragon (youngest daughterof F & I)
• Treaty of Medina del Campo signed (1489)
• final marriage agreement signed 1496, Catherine didn’t arrive until 1501 (Spain concerned by Warbeck)
• improved relations disrupted when Isabella died (1504) & caused succession crisis till 1506
• Henry helped Burgundy in crisis until Philip’s death
• Ferdinand became ruler of Spain again
• following Arthur’s death, Henry VII pursued marriage to Henry VIII instead -> Ferdinand declined
• 1508, H tried to develop anti-Spanish League of Cambrai

Question 6

Treaty of Medina del Campo (1489)

Answer 6

• marriage of Arthur & Catherine
• Catherine’s dowry = £40,000 (paid in instalments)
• Spain wouldn’t help English rebels
• trade was to be improved
• each would help the other in war agst France
• both countries had same rights in each others’ countries
• trade duties fixed at low rate

Question 7

Castilian Succession Crisis (1504-06)

Answer 7

• Ferdinand of Aragon vs Philip of Burgundy (married to Isabella’s daughter, Joanna)
• Philip’s death allowed Ferdinand to regain Castile