Foreign policy Flashcards
(7 cards)
Protestant allies
-1529 Ottoman Turks besieged Vienna, threatening Med
-1531 Sckmalkaldic League
-1538 Treaty of Nice btw Fr and Spn
When did events in Scotland take place?
1540-47
Key dates from Scotland
-1538 James V married MofGuise
-1542 Soloway Moss campaign
Treaty of Greenwich proposed but fell through
-1544-45 EofHertford led rough wooing
How was the rough wooing paid for?
Debased coinage and sold crown lands
European foreign policy
-1541 Fr and Spn at war
-1542 alliances (Hapsburges and Eng)
-1544 H took 48k men to calais
He captured Bologne but C&F signed treaty and France threatened invasion. St Mawes fortification reinforced
-1545 Fr failure
-1546 Treaty of Ardres = kept Bologne and received pension
Ireland
-1536 Fitzgerald led rebellion, announcing support for pope
-1540 kingdom of Ireland declared
How much of Ireland did Henry control?
-Anthony St Ledger = 1st governor
-lands taken and returned upon oath
-gov. only controlled small area around Dublin