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Henry VII Foreign Policy (The Brittany Crisis (Treaty of Etaples in…
Henry VII Foreign Policy
The Brittany Crisis
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Henry summoned Parliament in 1489 to grant extraordinary revenue due to his sense of obligation to the Bretons and his fear of an increased French threat to England
England and Brittany agreed the Treaty of Redon in 1489 which meant the Duchess Anne would pay for a small English army to defend Brittany from France
Henry tried to get an alliance with Maximilian the Holy Roman Emperor elect who had contracted a marriage-by-proxy with Anne and therefore did not want France to gain control of Brittany
The English army went to Brittany but Anne surrendered and married Charles VIII which left the army marooned in Brittany and meant Maximilian lost interest in an alliance
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Henry launched a French invasion in 1492 and the French quickly sought a peace settlement and Henry had used information from his agents that Charles VIII was more interested in invading Italy and this shows how Henry was flexible enough to make the most of this shift in French priorities
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