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Mind Map by Katie Difford, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Katie Difford
over 11 years ago
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James Attitude
to Foreign Policy
- Felt no hostility towards Spain, provided
they did not challenge his succession to the
English throne
- A new and "foreign" King who needed a broad base
of support. Saw advantages in peaceful foreign policy
- Peace would avoid financial drain of war
- Peace would mean he would not have
to go parliament for subsidies
- Peace would encourage an
atmosphere where trade could develop
- "Beati Pacifici" - Blessed are the
Peacemakers. Wanted to be a
peaceful King
- As a peacemaker, James could
secure a European role for himself
- Crown-Parliament relations
- Parliament was invariably
committed to the Protestant
cause in Europe
- James attempt to balance out his daughters protestant
marriage with his sons catholic one was not welcomed
- Fear of a return to Catholicism
- James attempt to balance out his daughters protestant
marriage with his sons catholic one was not welcomed
- Any foreign commitment required extraordinary
finance that could only be supplied by Parliament
- Additional financial burdens were not welcome
- Parliament was not likely to vote supplies
without some concessions from the crown
- Produced debates that challenged royal
prerogative after outbreak of 30 years war
- Produced debates that challenged royal
prerogative after outbreak of 30 years war
- Additional financial burdens were not welcome
- Foreign policy had the capacity to link key
issues such as religion, finance, royal authority
- Parliament was invariably
committed to the Protestant
cause in Europe
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