Chapter 9

Question 1

Henry VIII’s conflict of interest between king and councillors (inherited from father)

Answer 1

• his councillors sought a continuation of peace = negotiated renewal of Treaty of Etaples 1510
• Henry wanted to be like warlike predecessor Henry V

Question 2

creation of the Holy League

Answer 2

• Henry sent Christopher Bainbridge, Archbishop of York, to Rome to persuade Pope Julius II to enter alliance against French
• Holy League = joined England Spain HRE Venice Papacy in an anti-french alliance

Question 3

How was Henry ‘used’ by Ferdinand of Aragon and holy roman emperor Maximilian I

Answer 3

• 1512 = Henry sent substantial army of 10,000 to SW France under command of Marquis of Dorset
• however, this achieved nothing
• used by Ferdinand as diversionary tactic while he successfully conquered Navarre

Question 4

Henry France 1513

Answer 4

• 1513 Henry himself led force to NE France
• successful not only winning battle of spurs (claimed in propaganda to be stunning victory) but also capturing Therouanne and Tournai
• how much all of this mattered can be debated

Question 5

Scotland 1513

Answer 5

• Battle of Flodden Sept 1513
• King James IV crossed border with substantial force
• defeated by smaller English army hurriedly put together and capably led by veteran soldier Earl of Surrey
• James killed along with much of Scottish nobility
• this left throne of Scotland in hands of infant James V

Question 6

what was gained from Henry’s military adventures of 1513

Answer 6

• Henry did little to build on advantage flooded had given him
• war was very costly and forced Henry to liquidate assets inherited from father to pay for it
• rerun of problems in 1489 = rumblings about taxation in Yorkshire which only narrowly failed to turn into full scale revolt
• the renegotiated French pension was lost
• Tournai eventually sold back to French for much less than English had paid to repair its defences after the siege