Foreign Relations And Securing The Succession Flashcards
When the renewal of treaty of etaples
1510
1513 - battle with France
Force to north east France = won battle of spurs
Captured therouanne and tournai
1513 - Scotland (month) (4)
Battle of Flodden = September 1513
Henry defeated Scottish
James IV killed
Henry did little to take advantage of infant James V having the throne
Foreign policy in 1513 - useful? (3)
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
What was the auld alliance
Between France and Scotland = consistently strong
Basis of foreign policy (2)
England = minor power
Henry overestimated English power
Peace with France ?
Marriage of younger sister Mary and Louis XII in 1514
French and HRE when + what (3) early
1517
Treaty of Cambrai
Left England dangerously isolated
What treaty + when ended englands isolation (4)
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
Treaty of London mean for France and England (3+)
England returned tournai
France payed pension for englands loss
French agreed to keep Albany out of Scotland = more peaceable relations of Anglo-Scottish relations
When was the field of the cloth of gold + what (month) (3)
June 1520
Henry + Francis I
Estimated to cost Henry’s royal treasury 15000
Why did Henry sign treaty of Burges with Charles + when (4)
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
When was England at war with France after 1520
1522 and 1523
When Battle of Pavia
1525
Anti imperial alliance when + with who + why (3)
Treaty of Amiens 1527
With France
‘Kings great matter’ = Henry = suspicious to catholic Europe
1532 what
Break with Rome
Why was pressure released on Henry (3)
1536
Death of CoA + Anne Boleyn execution = possible new alliance with emperor
Renewal of fighting between HRE + France reduced englands danger
Why Henry’s position weak agin in 1530s (4)
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
Henry and Ireland (2)
Dismissed Kildare in 1534 = major rebellion = difficult + expensive to suppress
Established separate kingdom in 1541 = imposed English law
When invasion of Scotland (3) 40s
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
What was the Scottish policy (4)
‘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
Henry’s reactions to regent of scotlands ratification of ToG
Raid was carried out on scotland
Why is Henry blamed for failure of Scottish policy
Neglected opportunity to use military force to secure FP in both 1942 and 1913
Henry and France situation 1545 (4)
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
How did Henry afford war (2)
Couldn’t fund through extraordinary revenue
Sold crown estate, borrowed large sums + debased coinage = inflation
1st acrid succession
1534 = Elizabeth became heir
2nd succession act (2)
1536 = Elizabeth considered illegitimate
Meant Henry now had no legitimate children
3rd succession act
Re-legitimised Elizabeth and Mary
1544
When embargo with Spain (2)
1527
Social problems and unemployment in England
1522 war with franc failure
Henry asked for subsidy of 800,000 and received 150,000
When + what holy league (3)
1511
Anti French alliance
Venice, papacy, HRE, Spain and England
When was Henry first isolated internationally
Death of Ferdinand = treaty of Noyon between France and Spain = 1516
How much was spent on war and how much raised (2)
Raised = 822,000
Spent = 1.7 million
When did Henry capture Boulogne
1544
How much money did Henry spend on French campaigns throughout reign (2)
1509-1525 = 1.4 million
By the end of reign = 3.5 million
