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Legacy left for Henry VIII and how he destroyed it - Coggle Diagram
Legacy left for Henry VIII and how he destroyed it
£300,000 left
vanished in result of paying for the aggressive foreign policy towards France in the early years
Henry also had to liquidate assets inherited
Henry also lost the French pension after the Battle of Spurs in 1513 but this was recovered by Wolsey in 1514
Tourney was won in battle but sold back to the French for less than the English had paid to repair its defences
peaceful foreign policy
due to Henry's aim to establish himself as a warrior king, he adopted a generally aggressive foreign policy
based off his idol, Henry V
despite his father's councillors negotiating a continuation of the Treaty of Etaples in 1510, Henry sought to form an anti-French alliance - the Holy League
Henry sent armies to France in 1512 and 1513, ignoring and destroying Treaty of Etaples
he betrayed the supposed diplomatic encounter of the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520 by agreeing to the treaty of Bruges with Charles V after he came into conflict with Francis
consequently invading France in 1522 and 1523
despite the peaceful period from 1527-1540, Henry returned to the aggression in the 1540s with an invasion of Scotland in 1542
the conflict with France and Scotland was only solved as neither side could afford to continue
unpopular methods of extracting money
these were the unscrupulous methods of Empson and Dudley; leaders of the Council Learned in Law
Richard Fox, assisted by Sir Thomas Lovell and Richard Weston, secured the arrest of Empson and Dudley at the start of HVIII's reign
E + D were executed over a year later, called for by Henry, and the Council Learned was abolished by Act of Parliament in January 1510
not only did this distance Henry VIII from his father, but ensured his popularity anmoungst the nobility and propertied classes who were victim to the previous approach to taxation
he instead used the 'Tudor subsidy' which expected taxpayers to provide extraordinary revenue when required, assessed by a national committee led by Wolsey
however, the amount raised was insufficient and Wolsey attempted to raise unparliamentary taxation through the Amicable Grant of 1525, leading to widespread resistance
conciliar government
adopted at the start of the reign but only lasted until 1514
Henry came increasingly his own man, asserting his undoubted right to control decision-making
he surrounded himself with young like-minded courtiers, reinforcing suspicions of the 'old guard'
he was particularly impressed by the organisational skills of Thomas Wolsey, as he contributed to the effective management of the French campaign
this led to the ministerial-led government for the rest of Henry's reign, first with Wolsey in power and then Thomas Cromwell