Paragraph 1 marriage alliances
Treaty of Medina Del Campo- Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon and Spain also agreed not to offer hospitality to pretenders- positive relationship with Isabella of Castile and Phillip of Aragon
Scotland- James 4th let PW reside at court and marriage alliance with cousin - sent troops to invade England but H halted troops and signed Treaty of Ayton withdrew support from PW
Treaty of Perpetual Peace James 4 and Margaret (H daughter)
Paragraph 2- trade
Margaret of Burgandy offered hospitality to Lovell and Lambert Simnel- threatening as trading ports Antwerp and Bruges under jurisdiction of Burgandy. M sent mercenary troops to help pretenders so H instated a trade embargo - woollen cloth trade - upset merchants but he did instruct merchant adventurers to move their centre of trading from Antwerp to Calais. Interursus Magnus restored trading relations through lucrative port of Antwerp
Paragraph 3- national security
Breton crisis- 1489 Treaty of Redon: England agreed to send 6,000 troops to defend Brittany, paid for by the Duchess Anne however France defeated troops and Anne married French King Charles
Henry couldn’t let France get too powerful so launched a short invasion
Treaty of Etaples- French offered pension of £5000 a year and a promise to stop supporting pretenders if English troops withdrew
Although he failed to prevent French annexation of Brittany, he turned a potentially dangerous crisis into a profitable and stabilising diplomatic success.
Things to change
The League of Cambrai (France, Papacy, HRE, Spain) showed Europe did not consider Henry VII a significant partner—an embarrassing diplomatic failure.
Intercurses malus and treaty of Windsor when Philip and Joanna were on throne in Spain but Phillip died and Ferdinand said Joanna was mad. Ferdinand happy with French alliance and fails to pay Catherine’s dowry
Hanseatic League- traded through German cities etc and enjoyed special privileges in England (London steelyard) he tried to secure England these special privileges through navigation acts high undermined hans special privileges
1504 H restored special trading privileges Mayes because Earl of Suffolk as travelling continent to find support
