Henry VIII Foreign Policy

Question 1

Henry’s Aims

Answer 1

Warrior king- like Henry V
Wanted to claim French throne and conquer French lands.
Make England an international power.

Question 2

Wolseys aims

Answer 2

Prevent conflict, Wolsey in charge of finance- wars expensive
Please the pope- eventually become pope
Limit power of nobility

Question 3

April 1512

Answer 3

First Anglo-French war
Henry sent 12,000 troops
Led by Marquis of Dorset to Aquitaine
Ferdinand used England as a diversion to attack Navarre
Failure for England, no land captured

Question 4

Battle of Spurs

Answer 4

June 1513
Henry personally led 30,000 men to Calais
Captured Tornai and Therouanne
Therouanne given to Maximilian
Tornai very expensive, no financial gain

Question 5

Battle of Flodden

Answer 5

Catherine and Surrey stop Scottish invasion
James IV took advantage of Henry being in France
9th September- battle, England win and James iv killed
Scotland lost 10,000 men, England only 1,500
Henry’s sister, Margaret became regent for the child James iv

Question 6

Treaty of Saint Germain-en-Laye

Answer 6

Anglo- French treaty
Financially pressured into ending wars
Spent £960,000 on wars 1511-1513

Question 7

Treaty of London

Answer 7

1518
20 countries agree on peace.
Organised by Wolsey, placed England at centre of European affairs
Non-aggression pact.
England returned Tournai to France for a pension
Wolsey received title of papal legate.

Question 8

Field of cloth of Gold

Answer 8

England and France meet
3,000 notables from each country
Lasted a fortnight
Little achieved
Charles V wanted England to remain neutrally

Question 9

1523- attack on France

Answer 9

In response to French Rebellions 
With HRE
40,000 troops under Suffolk 
Lack of supplies and weather
Wolsey saw failure so made treaty of Burges
Failed, little achieved

Question 10

1536- Thomas Fitzgerald

Answer 10

Led a rebellion due to Henry VIII being declared supreme head of the church
Rebellion brutally put down

Question 10

1539- Act of Six Articles and marriage alliance

Answer 10

Restored some key catholic doctrines
Affirmed transubstantiation
Wolsey attempted marriage between Henry and Anne of Cleves

Question 11

1542- Battle of Solway Moss

Answer 11

Duke of Norfolk led campaign
1,000 Scottish prisoners captured
James V I’ll during battle died a week later
Mary queen of Scots young

Question 11

1544- another invasion on France

Answer 11

Henry set to Calais with 48,000 men

Captured Boulogne