foreign policy under Mary I. Did England benefit from spanish alliance?
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Foreign Policy under Mary: Did England benefit from being a close ally of Spain?
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What was the impact of the break-up of CV’s empire?
Date
Event
Effect
1554:
1. January
Marriage arranged
Xenophobic reaction
Wyatt uprising
Relations w/ Habsburg: Charles wanted Catholic again – Sp. Presence met w/resistance, North had kept at arms length
1555-1556
2. October-January
Abdication of Charles V – Empire split between P and Ferdinand
Phillip now saw England as: irrelevant. Mary couldn’t provide an heir tf no point.
1556
3. February
Treaty of Vaucelles established peace between France and Sp.
Mary acted as peacemaker
1556
4. July
Alliance w/ France and papacy reopens H-V wars
Phillip demands help
Mary stuck between husband + pope whom she had just reconciled with
1557
5. January
England sends troops to Neds
Why?
1557
6. March
Phillip -> England (support for war)
Contribution was modest and non – committal (only 7,000 troops
1557
7. April
Thomas Stafford in Scarborough
Henry II supported invasion and protected exiles
1557
8. June
War on France declared
Marriage to Phillip – he was at war with France + Stafford
1557
9. August
Phillip defeats…
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