Henry VIII slides

Wolsey's Foreign Policy

• His rules weren't accepted
• Henry was giving him more state business, including England's foreign policy
• He started by preserving peace and trying to make England a negotiator for other countries.
• England sought peace in France because the new king might've been a threat
• Terms of the treaty (town of Tournai Support to the Scottish)
• Henry continued to go against France

English Relations With France + Europe

• England and France had been enemies for hundreds of years
• French allied with the Scotts (known as Auld alliance)
• Henry's sister Margaret Tudor married Scottish king James VI to keep the peace
• When Henry marched on France, James VI sent armies to England but died in battle
• Scottish throne was left to his son James V
• Holy Roman Empire- made up of Germanic Kingdoms+ smaller territories
• Ruled by Emperor Maximilian until grandson Charles V took throne in 1516
• Wanted to ally with England

The Field Of Gold Cloth

• Tudor equivelent of a summit meeting
• Devised for Henry to meet King of France (June 1520, near Calais)
• Intended to preserve peace
• Henry + horse drowned in gold+pearls to show wealth
• 2 kings jousted + wrestled
• Lasted 5 days
• Didn't improve relations
• Went to war again 1523

Charles V + Henry VIII

• Henry met Emperor of Spain- Charles V
• Charles was powerful + hated France
• At the end of 1521, Charles + Francis at war (England as ally)
• 1520 Henry had bigger problems
• No male heir
• wanted a younger wife