James and foreign polciy
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- James foreign policy
- 30 years war
- in 1618 war broke out when bohemia revolted against their new king (arch duke ferdinand)
- in 1619 bohemia offered Fredrick of palatinate (james' son in law) the throne and he accepted without consulting james
- if he accepted then this is another protestant power in Europe, but james was cautious
- in 1619 bohemia offered Fredrick of palatinate (james' son in law) the throne and he accepted without consulting james
- james didnt think rebels should establish kings
- Fredrick and protestant forces loose the battle fo white mountain and him and his wife flee to the Hague
- ferdinand invades bohemia in 1619 as holy roman emperor
- in 1618 war broke out when bohemia revolted against their new king (arch duke ferdinand)
- spanish marriage
- spain were scared england would head a protestant coalition
- wanted to win him from this and offered concessions like marriage w maria for charles
- would be startegically better to help the strongest erurpoean power over france who had a 12 year old as king
- Parliament were unhappy with him for displaying pro-spanish behaviour
- he was offered 600,000 as a dowry which drew him in
- spain were scared england would head a protestant coalition
- Impact of marriage and war on england
- the fact that frercik was james' sun in law put pressure on him to act
- he though fred had been stupid accepting the crown, but knew he was the rightful ruler of the palitinate and wanted to get him reinstated as king
- james thought he could rely on the spanish to use their influence to reinstate him but was mistaken
- the spanish didnt want england to allie with the danes who they were at war with so held out marriage negotiations
- he knew they may fail
- he knew he made need funds to summoned parliament in 1621
- inherited foreign polcy. what did james want?
- inherited an anti-spanish, anti catholic policy
- didnt want war and wanted to make peace
- a war would make him dependant on parliament
- Elizabethan policy was no longer workable
- dynastic marriages
- planned to use his children to mainatin power in europe
- wanted a protestant marriage for his daughter and a catholic one for his son henry
- henry would refused a catholic marriage. when he died this wish would pass onto charles
- his daughter had a protestant marriage
- fredrick of palitinate (would come into play later on)
- arbiter and mediator
- henry iv widow arranged a marriage with spanish,= catholic power bloc, requiring protestant action
- wants peace w catholics
- james was a mediator and negotiator, which gained him respect
- french alliance
- henry of France was protestant who became catholic but still supported European protestants
- wnated alliance with james
- james was reluctant but agreed to assist henry against spain
- Mansfield's expedition
- expesdition run by masifeld, was a disater
- troops poorly equipped or died of disease
- achieved nothing
- wasted £60,000 subsidy in defiance of their instructions
- trip to Madrid
- james reluctantly allowed his son and favourite to travel to Madrid in disguise
- demonstaret charles commitment to the infanta
- he became essentially a prisoner as spain tried to negotiate
- james would agree to anything for their return
- wanted catholic tolerance
- charles and buck wanted revenge for humiliatiion
- james reluctantly allowed his son and favourite to travel to Madrid in disguise
- 30 years war
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