Foreign Policy

Question 1

What was the alliance between France and Scotland called?

Answer 1

Auld Alliance

Question 2

Policy aims for Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile

Answer 2

Driving the Moors (Muslims) out of Granada, which was achieved by 1492

Question 3

Policy aims for Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile

Answer 3

Secure their northern border with France by retaking land that France had taken

Question 4

Policy aims for Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile.

Answer 4

Secure the claims of Ferdinand in Naples

Question 5

Why was burgundy hostile to England when Henry VII came to the throne?

Answer 5

• In 1493, Henry prioritised security over trade, placing an embargo on trade with Burgundy between 1493-6 (when Margaret of Burgundy sheltered Warbeck, and ordering merchants who exported most cloth through Antwerp to move their trade to Calais.

Question 6

What treaty was signed between England and Brittany in February 1489 and what was an agreement within the treaty:

Answer 6

The treaty of Redon with Brittany in February 1489 - agreeing to send 6000 troops paid by the Bretons to help their defence.

Question 7

Who did Charles VIII marry in 1491

Answer 7

Anne of Brittany

Question 8

What was signed between England and Brittany in February 1489 and what was an agreement of the treaty?

Answer 8

Medina del Campo - Arthur and Catherine would marry.
Catherine’s dowry would be 200,000 crowns (£40,000), which would be paid to Henry VII in instalments

Question 9

Name three agreements within the treaty of etaples

Answer 9

Charles VIII agreed to:
- Give no aid to English rebels – particularly Warbeck
- Pay the arrears of the Treaty of Picquigny (a peace treaty between England and France in 1475).
- Pay most of Henry’s expenses in Brittany

Question 10

What was the purpose of the holy league, 1496.

Answer 10

Aim to drive France from Italy.
The League’s acceptance of this suggests they’d sooner have England’s neutrality, than risk England allying with France.

Question 11

Which league was Henry VII excluded from in 1508

Answer 11

League of Cambrai

Question 12

Which Scottish earl supported Henry in achieving a nine-year truce with Scotland in 1493

Answer 12

Earl of Angus

Question 13

What was the name of James IV cousin who was promised to warbeck upon his arrival?

Answer 13

Lady Catherine Gordon

Question 14

What was the name of the treaty signed between Scotland and England after Warbeck’s failed invasion.

Answer 14

Treaty of Ayton

Question 15

What was the name of the treaty signed between Spain and England betrothing Catherine to Arthur and when was it made?

Answer 15

March 1489: The Treaty of Medina del Campo:

Question 16

How much was Catherine’s dowry was actually paid to Henry VII and by what date?

Answer 16

100000 crowns until 1501

Question 17

What unexpected event made the prospect of a marriage alliance involving Catherine of Aragon less appealing.

Answer 17

The death of Arthur in 1502

Question 18

What years did Elizabeth of York and Prince Arthur die?

Answer 18

Elizabeth of York died in 1503, and Arthur had died 1502

Question 19

Name two terms involving cloth trade made between Phillip of burgundy and Henry in the malus intercursus

Answer 19

Malus Intercursus: England secured highly favourable trading agreements with the Netherlands: trade with Burgundy would be free; Philip was to impose no duties on the sale of English cloth, Philip was not to exclude any English cloth from his lands, Philip’s subjects still had to pay the duties outlined in the Magnus Intercursus. It was so unpopular in Burgundy that the Magnus Intercursus terms were restored by 1507.

Question 20

Customs reign overtime

Answer 20

customs revenue at the beginning of the reign was £33,000. By 1509 it was £40,000

Question 21

What date was the Magnus intercursus in restored after the Burgundians voiced opposition to the malus intercursus

Answer 21

1507