Foreign policy Flashcards
Who was Charles V?
-Mary’s cousin
-Philip’s father
-the HRE
What were Mary’s foreign policy aims and what did they cause?
-ally with the Habsburgs through marriage to Philip of Spain
-restore Papal Supremacy
-caused conflict
When was Pole welcomed back into the Roman Catholic Church in the Popes name after what act and what did it lead to?
-30th November 1554
-the 2nd Act of Repeal in Jan 1555->led to Papal Supremacy
How did Papal Supremacy impact Mary’s foreign policy aims?
-Pope Julius III was the Pope when Mary came to the throne and he was replaced by Paul IV in May 1555
-very anti-Habsburg and brought England into conflict with the papacy
When did Charles V abdicated?
-October 1555-January 1556
Who were Habsburg-Valais?
-2 leading families in Spain and France
When did Charles V abdicate?
October 1555-January 1556
What effect did the abdication of Charles V have on Philip’s opinion of the importance of England?
-he now had power over Spain and he had more power in Spain than he did in England->Spain was more important to him
What was a result of Charles V’s abdication and what did it lead people to think?
-Philip II took over Spain and Charles brother Ferdinand took over Germany
-people thought that England would be a pawn of the Habsburgs and England would get dragged into wars with France
Who was Mary acting as a mediator between and when?
-France and the Habsburgs at gravelines in the spring of 1555
When did Philip leave England?
the summer of 1555
When was the truce broken between France and the Habsburgs and what caused it?
-February 1556
-after the Treaty of Vaucelles was ended
Who did Philip attack and how did this pressure England? When?
-he attacked the anti-Spanish Pope Paul IV as he allied with the French
-Henry II of France countered and England immediately came under pressure to join the war supporting the Spanish
-September 1556
What effect did the alliance between France and the Papacy have on Anglo-Papal relations?
-Spain was at war with France but Mary was married to Philip->she had to choose Philip or the Pope to side with but she didn’t support either
How many troops did England send to the Netherlands and for what reason? When?
-6,000 troops had been sent to the Netherlands by England to help the trade sensitive region revisit the French attack
-January 1557
Why was the Netherlands worth defending?
-they were a trading partner
When was Philip unable to persuade Mary to support him in the war against France?
-January 1557
What did Philip return to England to press his claims for and when?
-to press his claims for funds, naval support and troops
-March 1557