FP overview

Question 1

successes of Treaty of London

Answer 1

1518
-became Henry’s greatest diplomatic success

• brought peace and put Henry at the centre of European politics-no longer isolated
• Tournai in return for French pension

Question 2

failures of Treaty of London

Answer 2

• hard to maintain

- England was committed to fight on the victims side- no guarantee of victory

Question 3

significance of the Treaty of London

Answer 3

12+ countries committed to peace

Any country that disobeyed risked invasion

Question 4

failure of Treaty of Bruges

Answer 4

1521

cost £400,000 a years income

England’s lack of financial resources showed it wasn’t a major power in Europe

Question 5

Field of Cloth of Gold successes

Answer 5

achieved international glory

cheaper than war

Question 6

Field of Cloth of Gold failures

Answer 6

no agreements signed

charles V not invited- looked like siding with France

within two years they were at war again

Question 7

FP 1513-14 successes

Answer 7

• captured Tournai and Therouanne
• Battle of Spurs and Flodden military victory
• raised England’s status

Question 8

FP 1513-4 failures

Answer 8

• resources too small to beat France
• manipulated by Ferdinand and Maximillian
• Naval defeat of Brest
• Anglo-french treaty of 1514

Question 9

Second French War

Answer 9

1522-3

• dragged in by Treaty of Bruges
• nothing to show from the war

Question 10

Battle of Pavia

Answer 10

1525

Charles captured Francis

Question 11

Sack of Rome

Answer 11

Henry had allied with France instead of HRE which was a failure for his FP

meant pope clement could not act against Charles V

Question 12

Treaty of Amiens

Answer 12

1527

• England and France at war against HRE
• England suspended cloth trade with Netherlands to pressure Charles- English cloth traders protesters

Question 13

Defender of the Faith

Answer 13

success for FP as he got international prestige

Question 14

Henry’s early victories

Answer 14

significance:
- achieved glory by conquest

-scottish border secured for the next few years

However: they exhausted the treasury

-the french were expensive to maintain and had strategic value to Maximillian not Henry

Question 15

Battle of Marignano

Answer 15

1515

paid a subsidy to Maximillian t repel the French advance in Italy but he kept the money and betrayed Henry

Question 16

Treaty of Noyon

Answer 16

1518

France, Spain and HRE joined leaving England isolated

Question 17

Henry seeking war and glory

Answer 17

1513-4: Sucess with Fr and Sc

1518: Treaty of London
1520: Field of Cloth of Gold
1521: Defender of the Faith

Question 18

Alliance with Charles

Answer 18

1521: Treaty of Bruges

1522-3: Second French War

1525: Battle of Pavia and Amicable Grant

Question 19

Alliance with Francis

Answer 19

1525-9: Diplomatic Revolution
Treaty of More
League of Cognac
Treaty of Westminister

Question 20

Divorce proceedings

Answer 20

1527-9: Sack of Rome

Treaty of Amiens