FP overview Flashcards
successes of Treaty of London
1518
-became Henry’s greatest diplomatic success
- brought peace and put Henry at the centre of European politics-no longer isolated
- Tournai in return for French pension
failures of Treaty of London
- hard to maintain
- England was committed to fight on the victims side- no guarantee of victory
significance of the Treaty of London
12+ countries committed to peace
Any country that disobeyed risked invasion
failure of Treaty of Bruges
1521
cost £400,000 a years income
England’s lack of financial resources showed it wasn’t a major power in Europe
Field of Cloth of Gold successes
achieved international glory
cheaper than war
Field of Cloth of Gold failures
no agreements signed
charles V not invited- looked like siding with France
within two years they were at war again
FP 1513-14 successes
- captured Tournai and Therouanne
- Battle of Spurs and Flodden military victory
- raised England’s status
FP 1513-4 failures
- resources too small to beat France
- manipulated by Ferdinand and Maximillian
- Naval defeat of Brest
- Anglo-french treaty of 1514
Second French War
1522-3
- dragged in by Treaty of Bruges
- nothing to show from the war
Battle of Pavia
1525
Charles captured Francis
Sack of Rome
Henry had allied with France instead of HRE which was a failure for his FP
meant pope clement could not act against Charles V
Treaty of Amiens
1527
- England and France at war against HRE
- England suspended cloth trade with Netherlands to pressure Charles- English cloth traders protesters
Defender of the Faith
success for FP as he got international prestige
Henry’s early victories
significance:
- achieved glory by conquest
-scottish border secured for the next few years
However: they exhausted the treasury
-the french were expensive to maintain and had strategic value to Maximillian not Henry
Battle of Marignano
1515
paid a subsidy to Maximillian t repel the French advance in Italy but he kept the money and betrayed Henry
