4. Henry vii- relations with other countries Flashcards
date for ‘treaty of medina del campo’
1489
what were henry’s foreign policy aims?
- maintain good relationships with European powers to enable consolidation of power at home
- international recognition of the tudor dynasty
- national security
- defend English trading interests
what was the ‘treaty of medina del campo’?
- England and Spain decided to work together to defend lands and promised not to make agreements with France.
- equal rights trading
- marriage of Arthur and Catherine of Aragon.
what did henry do in the beginning of his reign to decrease foreign threats+ examples?
- built a series of truces with potentially dangerous neighbours.
- France 1485
- Scotland 1486
what problems did Henry face when France wanted to absorb Brittany?
- France initially supported henry in his fight throne
- however he had also depended on brittany in his 14 years of exile.
why did henry not want France to absorb Brittany?
- he believed if France had Brittany (which was just across the english channel) this would weaken national security.
- he believed coastline across the channel shouldn’t be held by any one power
- the south coast of England could potentially be in a militarily weaker position
what date was the breton crisis?
1488-1492
why did henry not rush to war with France in the Breton crisis?
- because he did not want to anger the french especially when pretenders were active
- also had low funds
what did henry do with France instead of war during the breton crisis?
- henry opened up negotiations with France
- whilst secretly allowing english troops to cross to Brittany to help repel the french
how did henry try to win support from abroad during the Breton crisis?
-henry won the support of Spain wight he treaty ‘medina del campo’
-also approaching other regions + asked the pope for assistance or neutrality
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how did parliament contribute to the Breton crisis?
-parliament summoned to make a grant of 100,000 to finance a small force
when did the english army cross the channel into Breton?
april 1491
when the english army cross the channel into Breton what did henry claim?
- henry claimed that he was only acting in defence of Brittany
- no intention of re-opening the english claim to french lands
how did french respond to the english army cross the channel into Breton?
- the french were unhappy and they accepted the pretender ‘perking Warbeck’ into their court
- also pouring more french troops into Brittany
what happened in the final stages of the Breton crisis?
- henry led a force of 12,000 into Brittany gambling that France didn’t want conflict
- henry was correcta s France were more interested in divisions in Italy and wanted to be free of other commitments.
what was the treaty of Etaples?
- henry agreed to remove his army if France paid 750,000 crowns to cover expedition costs
- and agreement by French king to not support any of Henry’s enemies (v important with warbeck)
date of ‘the treaty of Etaples
1492
how did the treaty of Etaples help Henry with a certain pretender (give name)
- perkin warbeck
- it helped because the treaty meant that the french king would not support any of henry’ s enemies, as the french king had previously accepted warbeck meaning he had to flee France.
how did the Breton crisis affect Britain after the crisis POSITIVE?
- England’s basic friendship with France remained intact
- France were no longer able to support pretenders
- France were making payments to the english crown.
how did the Breton crisis affect Britain after the crisis NEGATIVE?
- english armies actually didn’t win any of the engagements in Brittany
- Brittany was absorbed alter on (1532)
- all southern shore of english channel were french besides calais = henry failed to restore english glories in Europe
