Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Elizabeth I
Foreign Policy
- France
- Immediate threat from
France, was diminished
by Protestant rebellion
in Scotland
- Henry II died
minor son
Francis only 15
- Regency & minority
allowed religious dissent
+ noble ambition to
cause disorder in France
- France's internal
divisions made
England secure from
French invasion
- 1562 Elizabeth sent help to
huguenots (french
protestants) but men
stranded when Treaty of
Amboise signed March 1563
- Pressure to support Huguenots
grew largely after Massacre of
St Bartholomew (August 1572).
England tried to ignore due to
excommunication.
- Flirtation with Francis Duke
of Anjou (HII's son) reached
peak in 1578-79, marriage
seemed possible but
unpopular
- Anjou's Death 1584 made
protestant Henry of Navarre
heir. Propelled Catholics in
France into Alliance with
Spain
- 1589 Elizabeth sent
troops to Henry about
20,000 men were sent up
to 1594
- French religious wars
concluded by Edict of Nantes
(April 1598). Spanish forces
withdrew after Treaty of
Vervins (May 1598)