Events In Scotland Flashcards
Why did James V intensify the potential threat his country posed to England and the northern frontier in 1540-47?
1538— he married to both times to french princesses most recently Mary of Guise = pro-french policy.
Henry attempted to negotiate an agreement w/ James which would have guaranteed England’s security, but James refused to show up, humiliating Henry in the process by failing to turn up for the pre-arranged talks.
After Henry got stood up by James v, what did he organise?
By 1542, he was concerned and irritated by events to send the Duke of Norfolk to attack the Scots. Battle of solway moss was a military success, over 1000 Scot prisoners were taken and James v died of a fever, leaving Mary qofs to the throne.
What was the treaty of Greenwich?
Marriage of Edward to Mary, but collapsed— massively favoured the English. With it came the the renewal of war as Scot nobles again looked to France for assistance in maintaining their independence from English control.
Led to ‘rough wooing’ — Earl of Hertford led English army on a series of raids on Edinburgh n Dunbar. People killed indiscriminately,
What were the financial costs of Henry preventing Scotland and France from combining against him?
Repeated requests to parl for subsidies, debasement of the coinage and the sales of monastic land= financial difficulties.
