Henry 7th Foreign Policy Flashcards
(15 cards)
What happened in the Brittany crisis?
-France invaded Brittany in 1487
-Henry raised extraordinary revenue
-Duchess Anne payed Henry to raise a small army however french won and Anne was forced to marry Charles 8th of France
What was the treaty of Redon (Feb 1489?)
Where Duchess Anne agreed to pay Henry to raise a small army to defend Brittany from France
What was the treaty of Dordrecht(Feb 1489?)
-Friendship treaty between England and Maximilian(HRE)
-Henry sent 3000 troops to help max’s who were under siege from French
-But max didn’t keep up with his side of the agreement and didn’t help England when they were being attacked by France
-Max then signed a new treaty with Charles of France- isolating Henry
What was the treaty of Etaples(Nov 1492?)
-Charles of France promised to end his support with perkin warbeck in return for being called ruler of Brittany
-payed Henry back for all his war fees which = 745k gold crowns- 5k a year which was 5% of kings annual income
What were warbeck movements between 1491 and 1499
-pretended to be Richard of York in Ireland- supported by Margaret of burgandy(1491)
-King Charles of France invited him but was kicked out after treaty of etaples(1492)
-stayed w Margaret of B(1493)
-went to England-got no support so went to Scotland(1497)
-Attempted invasion of England w Scot’s but failed and then fled to Ireland(1497)
-gave himself in and confessed(1497)
-plotted to escapee with earl of Warwick but were both executed(1499)
What was the treaty of medina del campo 1489?
How much did the income on Spanish goods raise by?
-Encouraged export of goods from Spain to England
-income from revenue on Spanish goods rose from 33k in 1495 to 40k in 1509
-But Spain didn’t allow England to trade in the new world(America and Asia)
What was the Magnus intercursus?
Ended the trade embargo between England and burgandy and allowed merchants to freely sell goods though burgandy without paying taxes
What was the malus intercursus?
England could now export cloth to burgandy without having to pay tax/customs duties
What was the holy league/league of Venice?
Included the pope,Ferdinand, Maximilian,Venice and Milan to aim to drive Charles of France out of Italy
How did Arthur’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon strengthen relations w Spain?
-how big of a dowry did Catheine get?
-Catherine arrived in England 1501 with a 100k dowry
-strengthened alliance w Spain
-Philip of burgandy marriage to cath’s sister Joanna United 2 states and made a possibly ally for Henry
What was the treaty of Windsor 1506?
Henry agreed to recognise Philip and his wife Juana of Castile as king and queen of Castile in return for the earl of Suffolk
What was the league of Cambrai 1508?
-An alliance between pope julius 2nd and HRE Maximilian, Louis of France and Ferdinand of Aragon
-to attack the republic of Venice and divide its possessions among the allies
What was England’s relationship like with Scotland?
-Stots had an alliance w France
-Scot’s were hostile towards England and created border raids and invasions
-Henry’s nobles were eager for war so leniency towards Scot’s wasn’t tolerated
How did Henry deal w Scotland?
-it was more peaceful after the end of warbeck
-1501-3 perpetual peace treaty formed as James 4th Henry’s daughter Margaret got married
What was the perpetual peace treaty 1503?
A treaty which ensured peace between England and Scot’s through the marriage of Margaret and James
