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Foriegn policy Aims: 1. national security 2.recognition of the Tudor…
Foriegn policy Aims: 1. national security 2.recognition of the Tudor dynasty 3. defence of English trading interests
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Burgundy
The bulk of England's exports went through the ports of the Netherlands, such as Antwerp and Bruges, which cames under Burgungy's jurisdiction. It was therefore important for commercial reasons for good relations to be maintained.
The complicating factor was Margaret the Duchess of Burgundy in ownership of her late-husbands estate. She was the sister of Edward IV and Richard III and the leading upholders of the Yorkist cause. She also enlisted the support of her stepson-in-law Maximilian.
Relations between England and Burgundy deteriorated as a result of the hospitality which Maximilian and Philip were offering to Perkin Warbeck, and Henry gambled that putting an embargo on English trade with Burgundy would ease the matter.
The problem which this caused was that it brought 2 of Henry's foreign policy objectives - securing the dynasty and encouraging trade - into conflict with each other. In giving priority to his dynastic interests, Henry showed himself prepared to sacrifice the commercial interests of London and east-coast merchants, which did nothing for his popularity in those parts of the country.
Relations did improve to an extent when Warbeck left Burgundy, and Henry and Philip were able to agree the Intercursus Magnus in 1496 which brought the trade embargo to an end.
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Treaty of Redon
A widower, Maximilian had contracted a marriage-by-proxy with Anne and had no desire, therefore, for the Duchy of Brittany to fall into French hands.
Marriage-by-proxy:one or both of the individuals being united is not physically present, usually being represented instead by another person's
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Henry tried to strength his position by an alliance with Maximilian, the Holy Roman Emporer-elect.
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Intercursus Magnus
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Major commercial Treaty between England and the Duchy of Burgundy which restored normal trading links between the two.
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