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? starter activity
How much can your remember about Wolsey? Take the
bingo challenge!
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Was Wolsey the big man of Europe?
? Key words regency watershed dauphin
? Learning objectives

• TBAT identify the key views on Wolseys approach
  to foreign policy
• To assess the successes and failures of Wolseys
  policies

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If you were Wolsey, who would you form alliances
with to improve own and your kings status in
Europe?
?Who would you create enemies of?
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? Your task

• Read p.65 and note down the views of these
  historians
• G.R.Elton
• A.F.Pollard
• J.J.Scarisbrick
• Steve Gunn
• ?Who do you agree with and why?

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Historians on Wolsey

• G.R.Elton wanted Eng. To hold balance of power
  by forming alliances with powerful rulers
• A.F.Pollard wanted to pursue papal policy as
  cardinal legate a latere
• J.J.Scarisbrick aimed to encourage peace
• Steve Gunn couldnt predict where foreign policy
  would go - improvised
• ?Who do you agree with and why?

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? Your task

• Wolseys first foray into foreign policy didnt
  go well. Read p.66 and list reasons why Wolsey
  and Henry would have felt humiliated by the end
  of 1517
• ?How far do you think Wolsey was to blame?

How embarassing!
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Embarrassing buddies

• Duke of Albany overthrew regency of Margaret
  (H8s sister)
• Francis I beat Swiss at Marignano (1515)
• Concordat of Bologna (1516)
• Double-crossed by Maximilian I
• Peace of Cambrai left England isolated

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? Your task

• Things get better with the Treaty of London. Read
  p.67 and list reasons why Wolsey might feel a bit
  better!
• ?What were the threats to the Treaty of London?
  Find out by reading and taking notes on the
  bottom of the page

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Treaty of London, 1518

• Orchestrated by Wolsey
• Non-aggression pact
• Collective security
• Diplomatic prestige 20 reps in London
• French pension in return for Tournai
• Mary betrothed to Dauphin

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? Your task

• Then came the Field of the Cloth of Gold but
  how much did it achieve? Make a list of English
  triumphs and disasters between 1520 and 25. Use
  p.68-9
• ? Who comes out on top, England, Spain or France
  in this period?

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Triumphs

• FotCoG logistical success 3,000 notables, royal
  pavilions, festivities
• Wolsey arranged 3 Powers conference in Calais
  (1521)
• Treaty of Bruges (1521) with Charles V
• Wolsey delayed committing Eng troops to war
  against France

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Failures

• FotCoG achieved little of diplomatic importance
• Raiding party led by Surrey (1522) made no
  territorial gains
• English support for rebellion led by Charles,
  duke of Bourbon came to nothing

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? Your task

• What changed in1525? Read p.69-70 and explain
  dramatic change in English foreign policy
• List events outside Wolseys control that added
  to his problems.
• ?Would you agree with G.R.Elton this year was a
  diplomatic revolution?

Battle of Pavia, 1525
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Watershed

• Battle of Pavia (1525) Charles V captured
  Francis I
• Treaty of Cognac (1526) Eng. Fr formed an
  alliance
• Treaty of Westminster (1527) marriage agreement
  involving Mary
• Sack of Rome (1527) Clement VII taken prisoner
• Great Matter H8 dependent on support of Pope
• Peace of Cambrai (1529) Eng isolated

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? Your task
Click the map to see a C16th Google Maps
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? Group task

• You will be given a series of dates and events.
  Plot them on a living timeline.
• ?Do you agree that 1525 was the watershed?

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? Homework

• Read p.71-3 and create a scales chart detailing
  the successes and failures of Wolseys foreign
  policy. Dont forget a judgement at the end.
• ?Which of the historians views of Wolseys
  foreign policy principles do you most agree with?

On balance, where do you lie?
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This house believes Wolsey was a failure at
foreign policy! Continue the debate online!
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Was Wolsey the big man of Europe?
? Key words regency watershed dauphin
? Learning objectives

• TBAT identify the key views on Wolseys approach
  to foreign policy
• To assess the successes and failures of Wolseys
  policies