Foreign Relations And Securing The Succession

Question 1

When the renewal of treaty of etaples

Answer 1

1510

Question 2

1513 - battle with France

Answer 2

Force to north east France = won battle of spurs
Captured therouanne and tournai

Question 3

1513 - Scotland (month) (4)

Answer 3

Battle of Flodden = September 1513
Henry defeated Scottish
James IV killed
Henry did little to take advantage of infant James V having the throne

Question 4

Foreign policy in 1513 - useful? (3)

Answer 4

War = costly + Henry forced to liquidate assets inherited from H7
Renegotiated French pension lost
Tournai was sold back to French for less than what English payed to get it in defences

Question 5

What was the auld alliance

Answer 5

Between France and Scotland = consistently strong

Question 6

Basis of foreign policy (2)

Answer 6

England = minor power
Henry overestimated English power

Question 7

Peace with France ?

Answer 7

Marriage of younger sister Mary and Louis XII in 1514

Question 8

French and HRE when + what (3) early

Answer 8

1517
Treaty of Cambrai
Left England dangerously isolated

Question 9

What treaty + when ended englands isolation (4)

Answer 9

Treaty of London 1518
Wolsey emerged as leading diplomat in Europe
Eventually became ‘treaty of perpetual peace’ between France, England, HRE + Spain
Wolsey appointed papal legate

Question 10

Treaty of London mean for France and England (3+)

Answer 10

England returned tournai
France payed pension for englands loss
French agreed to keep Albany out of Scotland = more peaceable relations of Anglo-Scottish relations

Question 11

When was the field of the cloth of gold + what (month) (3)

Answer 11

June 1520
Henry + Francis I
Estimated to cost Henry’s royal treasury 15000

Question 12

Why did Henry sign treaty of Burges with Charles + when (4)

Answer 12

1521
Improve relations with pope = pope wanted to reduce French power in north Italy
Believed he might gain more territory with France
Part of deal = marriage alliance of Mary and emperor

Question 13

When was England at war with France after 1520

Answer 13

1522 and 1523

Question 14

When Battle of Pavia

Answer 14

1525

Question 15

Anti imperial alliance when + with who + why (3)

Answer 15

Treaty of Amiens 1527
With France
‘Kings great matter’ = Henry = suspicious to catholic Europe

Question 16

1532 what

Answer 16

Break with Rome

Question 17

Why was pressure released on Henry (3)

Answer 17

1536
Death of CoA + Anne Boleyn execution = possible new alliance with emperor
Renewal of fighting between HRE + France reduced englands danger

Question 18

Why Henry’s position weak agin in 1530s (4)

Answer 18

1538
HRE + F = treaty of Nice = agreed to severe connections with England
Pope published a bull (letter) deposing Henry
Pope sent envoys to France and Scotland = catholic crusade on England

Question 19

Henry and Ireland (2)

Answer 19

Dismissed Kildare in 1534 = major rebellion = difficult + expensive to suppress
Established separate kingdom in 1541 = imposed English law

Question 20

When invasion of Scotland (3) 40s

Answer 20

Battle of Solway Moss in 1542 = immediate success
James V died a week later = one week old Mary took over
Didn’t do full scale invasion again

Question 21

What was the Scottish policy (4)

Answer 21

‘Rough wooing’
Marriage Edward and Mary
Scots = suspicious so they refused the request to allow Mary to be bought up in England
Treaty of Greenwich in 1543 = however Scottish regent refused to ratify treaty

Question 22

Henry’s reactions to regent of scotlands ratification of ToG

Answer 22

Raid was carried out on scotland

Question 23

Why is Henry blamed for failure of Scottish policy

Answer 23

Neglected opportunity to use military force to secure FP in both 1942 and 1913

Question 24

Henry and France situation 1545 (4)

Answer 24

France sent troops to Scotland to reinforce potential invasion
English defeated at battle of ancrum moor
French force landed in Isle of Wight
Henry’s flagship Mary rose sank in the Solent

Question 25

How did Henry afford war (2)

Answer 25

Couldn’t fund through extraordinary revenue
Sold crown estate, borrowed large sums + debased coinage = inflation

Question 26

1st acrid succession

Answer 26

1534 = Elizabeth became heir

Question 27

2nd succession act (2)

Answer 27

1536 = Elizabeth considered illegitimate
Meant Henry now had no legitimate children

Question 28

3rd succession act

Answer 28

Re-legitimised Elizabeth and Mary
1544

Question 29

When embargo with Spain (2)

Answer 29

1527
Social problems and unemployment in England

Question 30

1522 war with franc failure

Answer 30

Henry asked for subsidy of 800,000 and received 150,000

Question 31

When + what holy league (3)

Answer 31

1511
Anti French alliance
Venice, papacy, HRE, Spain and England

Question 32

When was Henry first isolated internationally

Answer 32

Death of Ferdinand = treaty of Noyon between France and Spain = 1516

Question 33

How much was spent on war and how much raised (2)

Answer 33

Raised = 822,000
Spent = 1.7 million

Question 34

When did Henry capture Boulogne

Answer 34

1544

Question 35

How much money did Henry spend on French campaigns throughout reign (2)

Answer 35

1509-1525 = 1.4 million
By the end of reign = 3.5 million