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Who was Charles V?

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-Mary’s cousin
-Philip’s father
-the HRE

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What were Mary’s foreign policy aims and what did they cause?

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-ally with the Habsburgs through marriage to Philip of Spain
-restore Papal Supremacy
-caused conflict

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When was Pole welcomed back into the Roman Catholic Church in the Popes name after what act and what did it lead to?

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-30th November 1554
-the 2nd Act of Repeal in Jan 1555->led to Papal Supremacy

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How did Papal Supremacy impact Mary’s foreign policy aims?

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-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

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When did Charles V abdicated?

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-October 1555-January 1556

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Who were Habsburg-Valais?

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-2 leading families in Spain and France

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When did Charles V abdicate?

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October 1555-January 1556

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What effect did the abdication of Charles V have on Philip’s opinion of the importance of England?

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-he now had power over Spain and he had more power in Spain than he did in England->Spain was more important to him

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What was a result of Charles V’s abdication and what did it lead people to think?

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-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

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Who was Mary acting as a mediator between and when?

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-France and the Habsburgs at gravelines in the spring of 1555

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When did Philip leave England?

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the summer of 1555

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When was the truce broken between France and the Habsburgs and what caused it?

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-February 1556
-after the Treaty of Vaucelles was ended

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Who did Philip attack and how did this pressure England? When?

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-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

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What effect did the alliance between France and the Papacy have on Anglo-Papal relations?

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-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

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How many troops did England send to the Netherlands and for what reason? When?

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-6,000 troops had been sent to the Netherlands by England to help the trade sensitive region revisit the French attack
-January 1557

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Why was the Netherlands worth defending?

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-they were a trading partner

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When was Philip unable to persuade Mary to support him in the war against France?

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-January 1557

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What did Philip return to England to press his claims for and when?

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-to press his claims for funds, naval support and troops
-March 1557

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What were the French openly tolerating and what rumours were spread? When?

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-openly tolerating exiled English Protestants
-rumours were circulating that Henry II planned to recapture Calais
-April 1557

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Who did the French support about an invasion attempt to England and when?

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-French support for the invasion attempt of the Protestant exile Thomas Strafford
-April 1557

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Who was Thomas Strafford?

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-a Protestant exile

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What did Thomas Strafford do and what was a result of this, when?

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-Strafford sailed from France with French weapons and landed in Scarborough (England) but he was arrested in 3 days->no one could now oppose war with France
-April 1557

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When did England declare war on France?

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-7th July 1557

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How did the English prepare for war with France

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-navy proceeded to clear the channel and patrol the Atlantic
-garrisons in Scotland were strengthened in anticipation of pincer attack by ‘auld alliance’
-raids by the Scottish duly came in July
-troops were put on stand-by in the Calais Pale

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Why did England finally declare war on France?

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-because Strafford arrived in Scarborough with French weapons which posed a threat to England ->they couldn’t oppose war with France now

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How many English soldiers were sent to aid the Spanish and Imperial troops fighting the French and when?

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-7,000 soldiers were sent to aid the 70,000 Spanish and imperial troops fighting the French
-July 1557

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What happened at the Battle of St Quentin and when?

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-at the Battle of St Quentin Philip defeated Henry II with minimal support from the English
-July 1557

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When did the French launce a surprise attack, when and where/on what?

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January 1558
-mid winter across the frozen marshes
-Calais

29
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Why couldn’t the 2,000 troops stand a chance against the French troops? How many French troops were there? When?

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-they had not received winter reinforcements and stood no chance against the 27,000 French

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How long did it take the French to capture the Calais Fortress and the whole of the Calais Pale? When?

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-within 3 weeks
-January 1558

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What did England do as a result in the capture of the whole of the Calais Pale and what happened? When?

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-they raised an army of 7,000 and a fleet of 140 ships to attack Brest ->only succeeded in capturing Le Conquet
-January 1558

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What was the impact of Philips success in 1557 even due to financial exhaustion?

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-made him look to bring the 40 year Habsburg-Valais conflict to an end

33
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When and where did peace negotiations finally begin between France and Spain?

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-at Cateau-Cambresis
-October 1558

34
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What did Philip not try and recover for England?

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-Calais

35
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How did the loss of Calais impact England economically?

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-loss of trade that came through the port
-the importance of staple merchants in Calais had been brought to an end by the long term decline in traditional markets

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How did the loss of Calais impact England’s image and morale?

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-the Kings of England had claimed the land since 1347 and its final surrender could only then be seen as humiliating abandonment of sovereign English territory
-the Protestant propagandists of Elizabeth’s reign were not slow to put forward the equation ‘Spanish marriage + Catholic policy = loss of Calais’
-morale was shaken by the loss but without the efforts of propagandists the sense of national humiliation would not have lasted for so long

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How long had England had Calais?

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-1347

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How did the loss of Calais impact England territorially?

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-Calais was the last territory on the French mainland controlled by England->gained importance from this status
-little could be achieved by maintaining it and it was only going to be a question of time before the French took the trouble to take it back

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How did the loss of Calais impact England’s military?

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-the Calais Pale had been used as a springboard to launch Henry VIII’s attacks in the 1520’s and 1540->but had become something of a strategic irrelevance
-it was difficult and expensive to maintain a permanent garrison there and it had become a burden as it was yet another frontier that had to be defended

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What had Henry VIII used the Calais Pale as a springboard for?

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-attacks in the 1520s and 1540

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How did the loss of Calais impact England diplomatically?

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-had often been seen as a result of the failed Anglo-Habsburg alliance
-Mary’s dependence on Spanish advisers and her slavish pursuit of Spanish-Habsburg policy was seen as betraying England’s interests
-Philip abandoned England by allowing France to keep Calais under the Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis->made easier by the death of Mary in November before the treaty had been signed

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What Treaty did Philip sign with France allowing them to keep Calais?

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-Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis

43
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What was the main impact on England economically due to the loss of Calais?

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-loss of trade that came through the port->England lost some trade which was important at the time

44
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What was the main impact on England’s image and morale due to the loss of Calais?

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-shaken by the loss but without the efforts of propagandists the sense of national humiliation would have not lasted for so long->impacted Mary’s popularity and peoples pride in their country->many were humiliated

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How did the loss of Calais impact France and Spain’s relationship?

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-it made their relationship improve due to the Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis after Mary’s death ->England had lost support

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When did England loose Calais?

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January 1558

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