Foreign Policy

Question 1

When was the Battle of Gascony?

Answer 1

1453

Question 2

When did Edward begin plans to invade France?

Answer 2

The parliament of 1472

Question 3

When was Edward given tax grants?

Answer 3

October 1473

Question 4

When was James III’s son arranged to marry Cecily of York, Edward’s daughter?

Answer 4

1474, following peace treaties in 1473

Question 5

When was the Treaty of Utrecht? Who with?

Answer 5

In February 1474 Edward agreed a deal with the Hanseatic League

Question 6

Where else were diplomatic efforts extended to before the invasion of France?

Answer 6

Ferdinand and Isabella and the Duke of Urbino

Question 7

When was the Treaty of Chateaugiron?

Answer 7

11th September 1472

With Brittany

Question 8

When did English archers help Francis II repel a French attack on Brittany?

Answer 8

Summer 1472

Question 9

When was the Treaty of London agreed with Burgundy?

Answer 9

24th July 1474

Question 10

What did Charles the Bold promise under the terms of the Treaty of London?

Answer 10

8,000 Burgundian troops to support an English invasion force

Question 11

How large was the English army to invade France?

Answer 11

The majority of the English nobility travelled with Edward, as well as 12,000 well-equipped men

Question 12

When did Edward land at Calais?

Answer 12

4th July 1475

Question 13

Where were Charles’ forces occupied when Edward landed in France?

Answer 13

The siege of Neuss

Question 14

When did Edward and Louis agree the Treaty of Picquigny?

Answer 14

29th August 1475

Question 15

What is the acronym for the terms of the Treaty of Picquigny?

Answer 15

Truce for 7 years
Reparations of £10,000 p.a.
Abolition of trade restrictions
Wedding planned (D and EoY)
Leave France with £15,000

Question 16

Where did Edward travel on a judicial progress in December 1475?

Answer 16

Hampshire and Wiltshire

Question 17

How did Edward appease the people after the French invasion?

Answer 17

He remitted the remaining 3/4 of the parliamentary grant

Question 18

Using the French pension, how long was it until Edward had to tax the people again?

Answer 18

Until 1482

Question 19

When did Edward nearly lose his French pension?

Answer 19

When Hastings and RDoG sent troops to lift the siege on the town of Boulogne in March 1477

Question 20

When did Mary of Burgundy marry Maximilian von Habsburg?

Answer 20

August 1477

Question 21

When did Anglo-Scottish relations break down?

Answer 21

In 1478, as a result of cross-border ‘reaving’

Question 22

When was RDoG primed for war against Scotland? How?

Answer 22

In 1480 he was appointed Lieutenant-General of the realm and given a ‘commission of array’ to prepare an invasion force

Question 23

When were marriage arrangements cancelled with Scotland?

Answer 23

October 1481

Question 24

When was the help of Alexander, Duke of Albany enlisted?

Answer 24

11th June 1482

Question 25

Which strategically important castle was captured and held onto by RDoG?

Answer 25

Berwick-upon-Tweed

Question 26

When did RDoG walk into Edinburgh?

Answer 26

July 1482

Question 27

When and where did Charles the Bold die?

Answer 27

The siege of Nancy in 1477

Question 28

What year did Mary of Burgundy die?

Answer 28

1482

Question 29

When was the Treaty of Arras signed between Burgundy/HRE and France?

Answer 29

23rd December 1482