1514 - 1526

• Treaty of London (1518)


  Non-aggression pact between HRE, France, Spain and Burgundy as a united front against the Turks.

  -> Henry has wasted his inheritance, can't afford another campaign in France so turns to diplomacy instead

  -> The crusade didn't happen AND England isn't a dominant nation
• Field of the Cloth of Gold (1520) 


  Henry meets with Francis of France to seek out an alliance

  -> successful in showing of mutual wealth BUT Henry was beaten by Francis in a wrestling match.

  -> Wolsey is Pro-France and does not want a war. Needs Cardinal approval to advance in the Church
• Treaty of Cambrai (1517) 


  Peace between France and the Holy Roman Empire.

  -> Duke of Albany was sent by Francis to Scotland to stir up trouble between Scotland and England
• Treaty of Noyon (1516) 


  The death of Ferdinand of Aragon and established peace between Spain and France.
• Treaty of Bruges (1521)


  A secret alliance between Wolsey and Charles V of HRE to go to war together against France during the 1521-1526 Italian Wars.

  Reinforced an Anglo-Habsburg alliance
• Battle of Pavia (1525)


  Crucial moment in the Italian wars as it regularly involved conflict between France, Spain and the HRE.

  -> England was merely a sideshow

  -> Charles V was victorious due to the capture of Francis I and was held captive for some time
• Anti-Imperial League of Cognac (1526)


  England was influentual in the formation of an alliance against the Holy Roman Emporer, consisting of France, the Papacy, Venice, Milan and Florence - known as the League of Cognac

  -> Wolsey kept England out of the treaty, as it was not signed in London as he wished, 'Arbiter of policy'