Foreign policy

• Treaty of Redon (1489)


  To support Breton independence

  -> fails to stop France from annexing Brittany
• Treaty of Medina Del Campo (1489)


  Marriage alliance between Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon

  -> offered mutual protection of defense

  -> Secured Anglo-Spanish alliance
• Breton crisis (1489-92)


  France and Brittany ended up going into battle with one another as Brittany was close to being annexed by France

  -> Henry was stuck in the middle of the two nations, he was in debt to both.

  France - Ships and money in support of his invasion in 1485

  Brittany - Offered him exile in the 1470's-80's
• Treaty of Etaples (1492)


  Treaty with King Charles VIII of France to stop supporting pretenders to the English throne i.e. Perkin Warbeck

  -> French pension of £159,000

  -> Henry gives ups claim to the French crown
• Magnus Intercursus (1496) - GOOD


  Agreement with Burgundy, trade embargo is over

  -> Offered equal trading rights for both of them
• Treaty of Ayton (1497)


  Cornish rebellion attacking from Cornwall coincided with Scottish invasion from the north with Perkin Warbeck

  -> Warbeck fled from the Scottish army as it was too brutal

  -> Henry's 'Annus Horribilis'

  Led to Treaty of Perpetual Peace (1502)
• Treaty of Perpetual Peace (1502)


  Alliance between English and Scots, destabilising the Auld Alliance

  -> Peace lasted for 10 years

  -> Marriage alliance between Margaret and James IV of Scotland
• Treaty of Windsor (1506)


  Henry offered to marry the new Margaret of Burgundy following the deaths of Prince Arthur and Elizabeth of York, to secure succession

  -> Didn't go ahead
• Malus Intercursus (1506) - BAD


  Perspective of Burgundy, bad agreement as England had better trading.

  -> Competition between Phillip of Burgundy and Ferdinand over kingdom of Castile, following Isabella's death

  -> Henry sided with Phillip, bad decision as goes against Treaty of MDC. Phillip dies in 1507
• Omission from the League of Cambrai (1508)


  Alliance between Pope Julius II, HRE Maximillian I, Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon

  Traditionally against the Turks but actually to attack Venice and divide possessions amongst allies

  -> England was not included in this, shows that their influence didn't matter.

  -> However, the four allies were unable to act together due to their own individual ambitions