Henry VIII and Foreign Policy
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- Henry VIII and Foreign Policy
- Relations with France
- 1513 war
- Henry wanted to renew 100 years war + reassert his claim to the French throne
- Henry married Catherine of Aragon to renew alliance with Spain
- Organised by Wolsey
- Showed him as the one Henry could trust to run the Kingdom
- Henry's success made him ambitious for future
- Peace and Glory 1514-1522
- Henry made peace 1514 + Wolsey managed to continue this when Francis I inherited the throne
- Henry wanted to invade again in 1516 but Wolsey persuaded him not to
- 1518 Treaty of London
- Brought together great powers of Europe in 'universal peace'
- 1520 Field of the Cloth of Gold
- Henry + Francis met (triumph for Wolsey)
- 1523 war
- Henry hoped to benefit from alliance with Charles
- English forces captured Boulougne + marchd towards Paris
- BUT forced back by bad weather + lack of supplies
- Peace maintained 1534-1529
- 1525 Henry hoped to invade (Francis captured by Charles in Battle of Pavia)
- Charles V not interested so peace made
- 1525 Henry hoped to invade (Francis captured by Charles in Battle of Pavia)
- 1513 war
- Relations with Spain
- Before 1516
- Henry married Catherine in 1509
- 1512 Spanish did not provide help needed for English expedition
- Francis had promised the help
- 1513 relations broke down as Ferdinand agreed to one year truce with France
- After 1516 (situation transformed)
- 1516 Charles V succeeded Ferdinand
- 1519 Charles succeeded Maximilian as Emperor of Germany
- Charles seemed perfect ally against France
- Henry agreed to an alliance - to declare war on France in June 1522
- 1522-1523 war against France as Charles V's ally
- Relations with Charles worsen 1524-1529
- Failure of French war 1523
- 1525 Charles rejected Henry's plan to conquer France
- Charles knew England had been negotiating peace with France
- 1526 Wolsey organised 'League of Cognac' against Charles
- 1527 Wolsey negotiated peace with France - Treaty of Greenwich
- 1527 Henry began long campaign to annul marriage to Catherine (Charles' aunt)
- Before 1516
- Relations with the Papacy
- Charles' troops sacked Rome + captured Pope
- Worsened Charles' relations with Henry
- Reversal of good relations between Papacy + Henry
- Pope influential in international affairs + Henry saw himself as son of the Church
- Charles' troops sacked Rome + captured Pope
- Relations with Scotland
- Henry's sister (Margaret) was married to James IV
- 1512 James VI (encouraged by France) tried to invade England
- Scots defeated in Battle of Flodden
- James killed
- Scots defeated in Battle of Flodden
- English success + death of James made Margaret regent for young James V
- Relations with France
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