Challenging the Succession Flashcards
Who was Margaret of Burgundy related to?
Sister of Edward IV and Richard III
Who did Margaret offer protection to?
John de la Pole, Francis Lovell and Perkin Warbeck
How many mercenaries did she provide in 1487 for Simnel? Who were they led by?
2,000 - Martin Shwartz
Where was Warbeck invited to in 1493? What was he recognised there as?
He was invited to the funeral of the HRE emperor Fredrick - he was recognised as the rightful king of England
What did Henry VII enforce upon Burgundy?
A trade embargo
What made the French threat even bigger?
The Auld Alliance between Scotland and France
What was signed between England and Burgundy in 1496? What was it?
Intercursus Magnus - both sides agreed to lift the trade embargo
In what way was the Intercursus Magnus insignificant?
Margaret continued to support Warbeck
Why did Anglo-French relations deteriorate?
France captured Brittany which is along the entire coastline of England - Danger to the English
How did Henry VII deal with the French threat?
He launched an invasion into France in October 1492 which inconvenienced Charles III enough to get him to agree to negotiate
- Led to the Treaty of Etaples
Why was England arguably lucky when negotiating with France in the 1490’?
They were more interested in fighting the Italian wars for wealth and power rather than England - more open to negotiations
What was the Treaty of Etaples of 1492?
- Charles agreed to not harbour Henry’s enemies
- Henry got an annual pension - France paid 50,000 crowns per annum
- Henry stopped the potential threat of a French-backed Yorkist domestic challenge
In what way was the threat from Scotland significant?
Led to the Cornish rebellion of May-June 1497 which shook up his position on the throne
Whilst the Scottish rebels did not succeed in their invasion with Warbeck in 1496, what did they do before being forced to retreat?
Devastated some of the surrounding countryside
What happened to Scottish support for Warbeck during 1497?
James IV potentially realised the truth about Warbeck’s claims of being Richard IV or found it too costly to go to war with Henry - Support deteriorated and Warbeck departed from Scotland in June 1497
What was agreed in Septemeber 1497?
James IV and Henry VII agreed to the seven year Truce of Ayton and James agreed to stop any support for Warbeck
When was Warbeck captured?
August 5, 1497
Who was a bishop appointed that reflected Cromwell’s reformer views?
Hugh Latimer
When was the Break from Rome?
1533 and culminated in 1534
What was included in Cromwell’s propaganda campaign in support of the supremacy?
- Clergy had to get licenses to preach + had to give sermons against the pope and in support of the kings marriage to Anne Boleyn
- April 1535, royal letters sent to bishops and nobility to imprison clergymen who continued to preach of the pope’s authority
- Act of Ten Articles 1536 - changed the Eucharist and made it ambiguous + reduced the Sacraments necessary for salvation from 7 to 3
- Introduced a set of injunctions which attacked traditional practices e.g pilgrimages
What did the 1534 Treason Act make possible?
Made it possible to prosecute those who refused to swear an oath as traitors
What did the conservative faction want following the AoS?
A return to Catholicism and saw Mary as their natural figurehead
Who were 2 high-profile executions as a result of failure to accept the supremacy in 1535?
- Sir Thomas More - once Henry’s Chancellor
- John Fisher - Bishop of Rochester
What was there a Court-based plot for in 1536-37?
To remove Henry VIII altogether from the throne
