mary foreign policy

Question 1

Mary’s key aims

Answer 1

restore papal supremacy
catholic heir

Question 2

pope Paul IV

Answer 2

worried about foreign influence on church of England
pope was a religious and foreign power
pope and Phillip were severely catholic, pope Paul was very anti Spanish

Question 3

issues with land

Answer 3

nobles had much of previous church lands and were unwilli8ng to give them up
forced the pope to conceded this issue

Question 4

Hapsburg Valois war 1556

Answer 4

spain vs france, at the time of her reign fighting was in italy
marrying philip feared england would have to be involoved

Question 5

what happened in Spain 1556

Answer 5

Charles V abdicates as emperor, splits his possessions between Ferdinand (holy roman emperor) and Phillip (Spain, Netherlands)

Question 6

Mary’s dilemma with the war

Answer 6

as Phillip’s wife expected to support him in the war but England couldn’t afford this

Question 7

1554 treaty with Spain

Answer 7

solved her dilemma wit the war
power to govern England to Mary alone
England would not fund or be in any Spanish wars
Phillip would only be king of England in Mary’s reign
Phillip wouldn’t inherit the throne when Mary dies

Question 8

timeline of Mary’s marriage to Phillip

Answer 8

Jan 1554- marriage treaty drawn up, Wyatts rebellion
July 1554- married
may 1555- anti-Spanish, pope Paul elected
April 1557- Scarborough raid followed by England declaring war on France
June 1558- England looses Calais

Question 9

problems with the Spanish-English treaty

Answer 9

still many anti-Spanish feelings
March 1556 Phillip convinces Mary to send troops anyway

Question 10

Scarborough raid

Answer 10

unsuccessful raid led by Thomas Stafford (English with a weak claim to the throne)
attempted to inspire a popular rebellion against Spanish influence
captured
pushed England to declare war as Henri II of France supported provided ships

Question 11

War of earl of Pembroke

Answer 11

led battle against France at st Quentin

Question 12

how did the war end not well for england

Answer 12

1558- lost Calais
England had held it since 1347

Question 13

impact of loss of Calais

Answer 13

limmited ability to intervene in mainland europe
english gov send 7 000 men and 140 ships attacking Brest
too well defended and took a much smaller port
embarassing

Question 14

how the war ended

Answer 14

1558- Mary dies
Phillip and Henri II negotiate

Question 15

why was Mary’s foreign policy doomed to fail

Answer 15

relied too much on spanish advisors working for the better of spain not england
historians think philip married mary to advance spain not carring about england getting caught in cross fore
after she dided england no longer a spanosh ally

Question 16

parliaments view on marriage to Phillip

Answer 16

hot happy
1554 reject bill including Phillip in treason act
stop his coronation