Trade Agreements

Question 1

Magnus Intercursus

Answer 1

1496

Ended the trade embargo with Burgundy from 1493-96 due to support for Warbeck.
Allowed English tradesmen to sell cloth anywhere in Burgundy other than Flanders without paying customs

Question 2

Malus Intercursus

Answer 2

1506

Signed after Philip oB sook shelter from a storm in England. Suffolk was given up and trade with burgundy was to be free.
So favourable to England that the Magnus Intercursus was restored in 1507

Question 3

Trade with Spain

Answer 3

Navigation Acts 1485-86 limited foreign control of English trade

Medina del Campo:
Meant both countries had the same trade rights in each others country.
Duties fixed at a low rate

Question 4

Baltic importance

Answer 4

the Baltic was most important trading area after Antwerp. Henry tried to limit the power of the Hanseatic League through the navigation acts but this failed.

He signed treated with Norway & Denmark, but these were not successful. In part this was because Henry was concerned they may support English claimants, once again showing how securing his dynasty was his main aim