1. Reminder for NEXT LESSON:
FLIP LEARNING
The work due in for today is:
Reminder for NEXT LESSON:
Create your own timeline of the religious changes to take place under Henry’s reign from Also tried to add in pictures for some of your points too. (see previous PowerPoint for more detail)

2. What approach did Henry take with regards to his foreign policy at the start of his reign ( )?
Good learning:
Understand Henry’s aim with regards to foreign policy
Great learning:
Explain what happened with Scotland and France during this period
Even better:
Evaluate Henry’s foreign policy situation at the end of 1514
Key Words:
How did relations with foreign powers change and how was the succession secured?

3. Henry VIII’s foreign policy: overview
Before we look at exactly what Henry did abroad and his relationship with other countries, we need to get an overview about how his foreign policy develops over time.
In foreign affairs, where Henry was most continuously and most personally active, he followed the devices and desires of his own heart. Before 1527 his object was to establish his credentials as a monarch of European standing. From 1527 policy became dominated by the ‘King’s Great Matter’ and the need to protect the action he had taken. In the 1540s, the revival of Henry’s personal obsession with winning territory in France led him to mishandle opportunities.
Adapted from Eric W. Ives, ‘Henry VIII’ in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.
Task:
Read the extract opposite and pull out the different points/arguments it makes about Henry’s foreign policy and make a list of them.
Now, I would like you to write a paragraph in your own words which explains Henry’s approach to his foreign policy throughout his reign using the arguments.
Good learning
Understand Henry’s aims with regards to his foreign policy
Great learning
Explain what happened with Scotland and France during this period
Even better
Evaluate Henry’s situation at the end of 1514

4. What were Henry’s aims in foreign policy?
It is clear from the source we have just seen that Henry’s foreign policy had different aims throughout his reign, mainly to coincide with what was happening at home (i.e. his break with Rome). However, what was his approach at the beginning of his reign?
Henry VIII was indeed, unlike his father, a warlike monarch, seeking gloire (glory) and prestige and pursuing his dynastic rights, just like any other Renaissance prince. However, it would be wrong to argue that Henry was obsessed with warfare for its own sake, even though the cult of chivalry continued to make war appealing to contemporary monarchs. For example, as important as Henry’s claim to France was in justifying his cherished objective of occupying French territory, it also served a more practical purpose as a lever to extract concessions from the French.
From ‘Henry VIII’s early foreign policy, ’ by Jez Ross, published in History Today, Issue 41, December 2001.
Task:
Read through the source opposite and write down all the different aims you can find with regards to Henry’s foreign policy.
CHALLENGE: How was this different from Henry VII’s approach to foreign policy?
Good learning
Understand Henry’s aims with regards to his foreign policy
Great learning
Explain what happened with Scotland and France during this period
Even better
Evaluate Henry’s situation at the end of 1514

5. What were Henry’s aims in foreign policy?
It is clear from the source we have just seen that Henry’s foreign policy had different aims throughout his reign, mainly to coincide with what was happening at home (i.e. his break with Rome). However, what was his approach at the beginning of his reign?
Henry VIII was indeed, unlike his father, a warlike monarch, seeking gloire (glory) and prestige and pursuing his dynastic rights, just like any other Renaissance prince. However, it would be wrong to argue that Henry was obsessed with warfare for its own sake, even though the cult of chivalry continued to make war appealing to contemporary monarchs. For example, as important as henry’s claim to France was in justifying his cherished objective of occupying French territory, it also served a more practical purpose as a lever to extract concessions from the French.
From ‘Henry VIII’s early foreign policy, ’ by Jez Ross, published in History Today, Issue 41, December 2001.
Task:
Read through the source opposite and write down all the different aims you can find with regards to Henry’s foreign policy.
CHALLENGE: How was this different from Henry VII’s approach to foreign policy?
Good learning
Understand Henry’s aims with regards to his foreign policy
Great learning
Explain what happened with Scotland and France during this period
Even better
Evaluate Henry’s situation at the end of 1514

6. What happened with France and Scotland at the start of Henry’s reign?
Before we look at exactly what Henry did in France and Scotland we need to think about what the situation is between them and England was before he came on to the throne.
Task:
Silently create a mind map with everything you can remember about foreign policy with France and Scotland so far in the course.
Not swap with your partner and add anything they have missed
FRANCE AND SCOTLAND
Good learning
Understand Henry’s aims with regards to his foreign policy
Great learning
Explain what happened with Scotland and France during this period
Even better
Evaluate Henry’s situation at the end of 1514

7. (chronological order)
What happened with France and Scotland at the start of Henry’s reign?
Event
(chronological order)
Detail
Peaceful? (/5)
Successful? (/5)
1510 Treaty of Etaples (renewed)
Translation of Henry V’s life
Holy League
1512 Used by Ferdinand
1513 Battle of Spurs
1513 Battle of Flodden
Now that we know what the situation was like, we can look at what Henry did. Your task to copy out and complete the table. You should use pages of the new one to help you.
Good learning
Understand Henry’s aims with regards to his foreign policy
Great learning
Explain what happened with Scotland and France during this period
Even better
Evaluate Henry’s situation at the end of 1514

8. ‘The main aim of English foreign policy in the years 1509 to 1529 was to achieve peace in Europe’.
TASK 1: Create an introduction
Define: ‘aim’ and ‘achieve peace’
Criteria: What would you expect to see is the aim of English foreign policy was to achieve peace in Europe?
Judgement: Do you think the aim of English foreign policy was to achieve peace? (Hint: Consider the difference between the aims of Henry and his ministers!)
TASK 2: FOR PEEL PARAGRAPH
Use the structure strip to write a paragraph on why the aim of English foreign policy was to achieve peace.
TASK 2: AGAINST PEEL PARAGRAPH
Use the same structure strip to write a paragraph on why the aim of English foreign policy was to achieve peace.
Good learning
Understand Henry’s aims with regards to his foreign policy
Great learning
Explain what happened with Scotland and France during this period
Even better
Evaluate Henry’s situation at the end of 1514

9. Is Ives’s argument about Henry VIII’s foreign policy convincing?
At the start of the lesson we looked at the extract below. However, how convincing is the argument put forward by Ives?
Task:
Look at the arguments in green and red:
Pick one and decide whether you think it is convincing or unconvincing.
Write a PEEL paragraph explaining why and bring in evidence from what you now know about France and Scotland as support.
In foreign affairs, where Henry was most continuously and most personally active, he followed the devices and desires of his own heart. Before 1527 his object was to establish his credentials as a monarch of European standing. From 1527 policy became dominated by the ‘King’s Great Matter’ and the need to protect the action he had taken. In the 1540s, the revival of Henry’s personal obsession with winning territory in France led him to mishandle opportunities.
Adapted from Eric W. Ives, ‘Henry VIII’ in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.
Good learning
Understand Henry’s aims with regards to his foreign policy
Great learning
Explain what happened with Scotland and France during this period
Even better
Evaluate Henry’s situation at the end of 1514

10. The work due in for next lesson is as follows:
FLIP LEARNING
The work due in for next lesson is as follows:
TASK:
Create a diagram that outlines who ruled the following countries in the years :
Cover the following countries
England
France
Spain
Holy Roman Empire
Burgundy
(also cover Popes!)
Scotland
Feel free to label a map!!

11. Introduce your paragraph, by outlining your point (the topic of the paragraph and how it links to the question).
Give relevant, accurate and specific detail about your point.
Explain whether or not your evidence meets your criteria.
Link back you your argument
Introduce your paragraph, by outlining your point (the topic of the paragraph and how it links to the question).
Give relevant, accurate and specific detail about your point.
Explain whether or not your evidence meets your criteria.
Link back you your argument
Introduce your paragraph, by outlining your point (the topic of the paragraph and how it links to the question).
Give relevant, accurate and specific detail about your point.
Explain whether or not your evidence meets your criteria.
Link back you your argument
Introduce your paragraph, by outlining your point (the topic of the paragraph and how it links to the question).
Give relevant, accurate and specific detail about your point.
Explain whether or not your evidence meets your criteria.
Link back you your argument