Basic troubles of Henry VI
- Created by: Isabella1996
- Created on: 11-03-14 08:25
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- Henry VI 1437-1450
- Foreign policy
- Failure as he lost land in Frace
- Fall of Maine -handed over to French 1446
- Enlgish seized normandy (1449) causing the battle of Formigny (1450)
- Final loss of Fance (1453), lost Gascony, only Calais remaining
- Divisions over conduct, E.g Gloucester wanted war, Beaufort wanted peace
- Tours Treaty 1444- Agreed the marriage of MoA and secret surrender of Maine
- Failure as he lost land in Frace
- finiance
- Spent most money on education E.g. Kings college and Eton
- Giving lots of patronage
- spent it on himself
- Bankruptcy
- Domestic policy
- collective responsiblity by nobles- Lack of strong king
- Golden age of household officals
- Rising levels of violence- Shires
- Factions and Aristocracy gaining power
- One the most disastrous in English history
- 15 year minority
- Depostition
- Civil War
- Illness
- August 1453-Catatonic Schizophrenia
- Left kingdom without active head of state
- Margaret of Angou became more politically important-increased political tension
- 2 key issues- Succession and nature of future government
- York Appointed protector
- August 1453-Catatonic Schizophrenia
- Foreign policy
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