key European/War events RCE

Question 1

1525 battle against France resulting in HRE gaining territory unopposed in Italian states

Answer 1

Battle of Pavia

Question 2

Result of the Sack of Rome, capitalised on by Charles V

Answer 2

imprisonment of the Pope in Castel San Angelo, preventing him from granting annulment

Question 3

What did Henry VIII claim over Scotland

Answer 3

Suzerainty (basically, that they were a vassal who should be subservient to England while maintaining their independence

Question 4

papal action encouraging ‘crusade’ against England (definitely an exaggeration)

Answer 4

1538 papal bull

Question 5

Action in France after marrying Boleyn

Answer 5

sought recognition of the annulment from Francis I, but Francis I abandoned this relationship to retain closeness with the pope

Question 6

1536 European event

Answer 6

War breaks out between Habsburg and Valois

Question 7

Henry VIII’s reaction to war breaking out in 1536

Answer 7

overtures made by Chapuys, as Catherine of Aragon had died and there was no longer a cause for bitterness between Henry VIII and Charles V

Question 8

reason Henry could not get militarily involved in Europe in 1536

Answer 8

Pilgrimage of Grace

Question 9

10-year truce between France and HRE

Answer 9

Treaty of Nice 1538

Question 10

Cromwell’s reaction to Treaty of Nice and Papal Bull

Answer 10

looking for allies in Germany. i.e. Schmalkaldic league

Question 11

Cromwell’s belief about papal bull

Answer 11

that it encouraged a crusade against England

Question 12

Henry’s actions simultaneous with Cromwell’s overtures to the Schmalkaldic League

Answer 12

Sending Sir Thomas Wyatt to imperial and Duke of Norfolk to French court. Exploited divisions which Henry sought to use to protect England from Papal crusade

Question 13

winter 1540-1 overture

Answer 13

Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, sent to Imperial Court to negotiate an alliance which was agreed in the spring of 1541.

Question 14

where were monastic orders based

Answer 14

all in Europe, only moving into England in a colonial style. dissolution aided in the creation of an English nation state.

Question 15

which Pope excommunicated Henry

Answer 15

Pope Paul

Question 16

1513 scots battle

Answer 16

Flodden

Question 17

1542 scots battle

Answer 17

Solway Moss

Question 18

1545 scots battle

Answer 18

Ancrum Moor

Question 19

1547 scots battle

Answer 19

Pinkie

Question 20

1541 disrespect by James V

Answer 20

Not showing up at a meeting Henry arranged in York

Question 21

1530s disrespect by james V

Answer 21

harbouring pilgrims of grace

Question 22

who launched the attack on scotland and when

Answer 22

Duke of Norfolk, 1542

Question 23

how many scots fought england at Solway Moss

Answer 23

20,000

Question 24

outcome of Solway Moss

Answer 24

Scottish defeat

Question 25

treaty seeming to secure the marriage of Edward to Mary

Answer 25

Treaty of Greenwich, July 1543

Question 26

what happened to the Treaty of Greenwich

Answer 26

it was repudiated when the auld alliance was reinstated in 1544

Question 27

what did Henry do in 1544 as a result of what

Answer 27

launched an invasion of france due to the Anglo-Imperial alliance forged on 11 February 1543

Question 28

size of the English army in France

Answer 28

48,000

Question 29

what was the French Pension

Answer 29

paid by the French to the English as compensation for the territory ceded at the end of the Hundred Years War

Question 30

where did Henry's armies successfully occupy

Answer 30

Boulogne

Question 31

where did France invade after England occupied Boulogne

Answer 31

the Isle of Wight

Question 32

which ship was sunk by the french at the isle of wight

Answer 32

the Mary Rose, Henry's flagship

Question 33

treaty signed between England and France

Answer 33

June 1546 Treaty of Camp, gave England Boulogne for 8 years and resumed payment of French Pension

Question 34

who was made captain of Boulogne

Answer 34

Earl of Surrey, heir to Norfolk

Question 35

what happened to Surrey in Boulogne

Answer 35

after he mounted an attack on a French fortress on 7 Jan 1546, part of his army deserted

Question 36

what happened after Surrey's failure

Answer 36

Willliam Paget, Principal Secretary, and the reformist faction had him replaced by Edward seymour who was successful in Scotland.