Edward VI's Foreign Policy Flashcards
What was Somerset’s main aim in Foreign Policy?
To enforce the marriage between Edward and infant Mary Queen of Scots and thereby unite the crowns of England and Scotland.
What was Somerset’s chosen strategy regarding Scotland?
Defeat the Scots in battle.
Build and garrison a number of forts in the boarders and South of Scotland.
Thus enforcing the Scots into submission.
Somerset defeated the Scots in what battle in September 1547?
The Battle of Pinkie
Why did Somerset’s strategy fail?
The forts proved too difficult and expensive to garrison.
The English could not capture strategically significant castles at Dunbar and Edinburgh.
Somerset underestimated the alliance between Scotland and France.
What happened to the young Queen Mary in August 1558?
She was taken to France to marry the Dauphin, the heir to the French throne.
How was Northumberland able to reduce foreign policy expenditure?
He ended the wars against Scotland and France.
To end the French war he had to return Boulogne to France, but the French were willing to pay £133,333 to recover the port.
He abandoned the remaining English garrisons in Scotland.
