Foreign Policy 1

Question 1

Renewal of Etaples

Answer 1

1510

Showed that the councillors had different aims to Henry

Question 2

Holy League

Answer 2

1511

England, Spain, HRE, Venice and the Pope joined together in an anti-French alliance

Question 3

Failed French Invasion

Answer 3

1512

Led to Wolsey planning the next one

Question 4

Battle of the Spurs

Answer 4

1513

Henry captured Tournai and Therouanne but wiped out the money left by his father

Question 5

Battle of Flodden

Answer 5

1513

The Scottish invaded during Henry’s absence and lost 10,000 men including James IV and the nobility to English forces

Question 6

Treaty of St-Germaine-en-Laye

Answer 6

1514

Wolsey negotiated the renewal of the French pension and ensured a marriage alliance between Mary and Louis XII

Question 7

Battle of Marignano

Answer 7

1515

Francis I succeeded the French throne after the death of Louis XII and invaded Italy to assert his authority, capturing Milan

Question 8

Charles V

Answer 8

1516

Aged 16, Charles inherited the Spanish throne and retained the title of Duke of the Netherlands

Question 9

Treaty of Cambrai

Answer 9

1517

Alliance between Charles, Francis and Maximilian to secure Charles’ Kingdom. Left England isolated

Question 10

Treaty of London

Answer 10

1518

England called for universal peace. Seen as ‘glittering success’ as Henry and Wolsey were seen as the peacemakers of Europe

Question 11

Maximilian dies

Answer 11

1519

Henry, Francis and Charles all went for the position of HRE. Charles won

Question 12

Field of the Cloth of Gold

Answer 12

1520

In diplomatic terms, nothing significant was achieved apart from Henry losing to Francis in a wrestling match

Question 13

Treaty of Bruges

Answer 13

1521

England would support the Spanish against France and Charles would pay the French pension and marry Mary

Question 14

Invasion of France as allies to Spain

Answer 14

1522/23

Very costly and led to the Tudor Subsidy and Amicable Grant

Question 15

Battle of Pavia

Answer 15

1525

Charles won a decisive victory over Francis in Italy and he was captured by Charles. Charles went back on the Treaty of Bruges

Question 16

League of Cognac (anti-Hasburg league)

Answer 16

1526

France, the Pope, Venice and Florence joined forces to curtail the power of Charles V

Question 17

Sack of Rome

Answer 17

1527

Charles V captured Rome and controlled the Pope

Question 18

Treaty of Amiens

Answer 18

1527

England offers to support France against Spain and imposes a trade embargo with the Burgundian lands. War declared in 1528 but no English troops sent to fight

Question 19

Battle of Landriano

Answer 19

1529

The French were decisively defeated by the Spanish

Question 20

Peace of Cambrai

Answer 20

1529

Required the French to give up ambitions in Italy