1. Rise to power Personality Church Reform Government Reform

2. By the end of this lesson, everybody will be able to…
Recall the balance of power in Europe during HVII’s reign
Analyse Wolsey’s approach to foreign policy in the years
Judge and justify what was driving Wolsey’s foreign policy

3. Foreign Policy Recap
Who were the leaders of the following countries in 1485:
England
Scotland
Castile
Aragon
France
Burgundy
Holy Roman Empire
Which leaders died over the course of HVII’s reign?
1485: Henry VII, James III, Ferdinand II, Isabella, Charles VIII, Phillip IV, Maximilian
Who died? Isabella, Phillip, Charles VIII

4. Foreign Policy before 1515
Read p.54 and make notes on HVIII’s foreign policy before 1515.
Summarise the problems Wolsey faced in in five bullet points.

5. Changes to European leadership
COUNTRY
RULER IN 1500
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RULER
NEW RULER
ENGLAND
Henry VII
Died in 1509
Henry VIII
SPAIN (CASTILE)
Isabella
Died in 1504
Joanna and Charles V (grandson of Isabella)
BURGUNDY
Philip
Died in 1506
Charles V (son of Phillip)
FRANCE
Louis XII
Died in 1515
Francis I
SPAIN (ARAGON)
Ferdinand
Died in 1516
Charles V (grandson of Ferdinand)
HRE
Maximilian
Died in 1519
Charles V (grandson of Maximilian)
Ottoman Empire
Empire in Eastern Europe. Spreading westwards. Muslim and keen to spread their religion.

6. Charles takes Burgundy off Phillip in 1506
Charles takes Castile in 1506 (Joanna denounced mad after the death of Phillip)
Charles taken Spain (Aragon and Castile) in 1516
Charles V takes HRE in 1519

7. Treaty of London 1518 What had Pope Leo X asked for and why?
What was Wolsey’s reaction to this? Why did he take this approach?
What was the impact of the Treaty of London?
Why did Historian Susan Doran call the Treaty of London a ‘glittering success’?

8. Support for the Habsburgs
Support for France
1520
1525
1529
Use pp to make notes on how Wolsey supported the Habsburgs, then the French during the years

9. To what extent was Wolsey’s foreign policy driven by what the papacy wanted?

10. Not convincing Convincing
Now that you have your own opinion on what was driving Wolsey’s foreign policy, place the historians views (p.57) on a scale that judges how convincing they are.