Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Henry VIII International Politics (Foreign Policy 1509 onwards)
- League of Cambrai 1508
- Featured all major powers of Europe against
Venetians
- England excluded
- Lasted until 1510
- United Pope, France
and HRE together
- Holy League 1511
- Was created to unite all of Europe including
England against France
- Moved Venice onto the side of masses -
were not the enemy
- Made England centre of
European Politics
- 1512 Campaigns in France
- Henry allies with Spain to invade France
- Spain invade from
South, take Navarre -
all they were after?
- England had to leave after
desertion, mutiny and dysentry
- 1513 - Battle of Spurs
- Henry allies with Maximillian (HRE)
- First military involvement by
Wolsey - efficient, effective and
up to date
- humiliating defeat for
French
- Makes Henry head of the Holy League Crusades - glory, chivalry - goals
- Henry didn't conquer
France and make a great
empire - mocked
internationally? France
were paying £10,000 p.a.
not to invade France and
Henry spent £1.5m in a
year.
- 1513 - Battle of Flodden Field
- James fought with around 35k soldiers (after desertion)
and Henry's forces 26k.
- Henry away fighting in France so the
army was under the control of
Catherine of Aragon and the Duke of
Surrey
- Showed the trust that Henry held in Catherine
and allies to leave them in defence of the
country.
- Destroyed the Auld
Alliance - Scots worthless
and isolated France
- English outnumbered by around 10k
but still won
- England killed James,
9 Earls and 14 Lords
of Parliament
- Louis XII dies 1515
- 1516 England allied with Spain
against France but was
betrayed
- 1517 England allied with HRE again betrayed
- Treaty of
London 1518
- Achieved European peace
- Will also achieve Papal Ratificiation
- Gave England
a way to take
control of
Francis
- Designed to
unite the
countries of
Christianity
against the
concerning
Ottoman
Empire
- 1520 - Field of the Cloth of Gold
- Built an entire town and castle from scratch
- England spent around
£2m, each camp
occupied 2.5 acres and
was categorised by the
two tents made of gold
lined fabric.
- Spending excess -
fountain which
continously pumped out
red wine, people
pumping it from the
underground 'reservoir
of wine'
- Used to bring Francis and
Henry together as renaissance
men
- Henry and Francis ally but the alliance is broken after 2 weeks as
Henry signed a treaty with Charles ensuring that neither of the two
sign treaties with France for 2 years.
- Treaty of Windsor 1522 - the finalisation of an attack on France