FP summary

Question 1

successes:

Answer 1

• crushed threats from pretenders
• marriage alliance with scotland
• quelled Irish threat

Question 2

deaths

Answer 2

of Arthur, Isabella of Castile and Philip of Burgundy altered Henry’s FP

Question 3

foreign powers

Answer 3

• backed Simnel in 1487
• backed Warbeck
• sheltered Edmund de la Pole in 1506

Question 4

Philip shipwreck

Answer 4

suggests Henry’s success depended on good fortune

Question 5

France and Italy

Answer 5

preoccupied in 1493

-England was unable to launch a campaign against France

Question 6

intercursus malus

Answer 6

fell through as well as the alliance with burgundy

Question 7

England’s military power

Answer 7

• a weak player in Europe

- not in the League of cambrai- irrelevant in European diplomatics

Question 8

money

Answer 8

vast sums spent on Burgundy alliance and trying to stop a scottish threat

Question 9

FP of a usurper

Answer 9

• desperate for recognition and security

- overreacted to perceived threats and overspent accordingly

Question 10

Burgundy

Answer 10

• margaret supported Simnel and Warbeck

- Magnus Intercursus 1496: stopped trade war

Question 11

Spain

Answer 11

Medina del Campo 1489- no harbouring rebels, trade, dowry, marriage

Isabella died 1504 - links restored in 1506

Question 12

Scotland

Answer 12

1485 Truce- ensured a better relationship

Warbeck married Catherine

Treaty of Ayton 1497-1502 - Margaret and James IV marry

Question 13

France

Answer 13

Treaty of Etaples - gained Charles VIII alliance and £5000 a year

Chrimes - “triumph”

Breton crisis 1491-2

Question 14

1485-1492

Answer 14

• Truce with Scotland 1485
• Medina del Campo 1489
• Breton crisis 1491-92
• Treaty of Etaples 1492
• Simnel 1486-87
• Yorkshire rebellion 1489

Question 15

1493-1502

Answer 15

• League of Venice 95
• Warbeck 92-99
• Magnus Intercursus 96
• Cornish rebellion 97
• Treaty of Ayton 97
• Marriage Catherine and Arthur 1501

Question 16

1503-1509

Answer 16

• Death of Isabella in 1504
• Restoration of links with Spain 1506
• League of Cambrai 1508
• White Rose 1499-1506

Question 17

Breton Crisis

Answer 17

• sent 6000 men
• invaded France and asserted his claim to the throne
• france wanted a quick peace - Treaty of Etaples

Question 18

Treaty of Etaples

Answer 18

national security- secured England from France for the rest of his reign

recognition- legitimises his position

Improving trade- better relationship

Question 19

Wernham

Answer 19

asserts that Henry’s FP was always subordinated to the importance of his domestic policy

Question 20

Vergil

Answer 20

states that Henry was more inclined to peace than war