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Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) ... domestic and not foreign policy issues had been Henry's priority in the first half of the 1530s. In 1536, ...
The agreement established a defensive league based upon certain terms. The central tenet was that states with an active foreign policy needed to commit to a stance of non-aggression. As a corollary tenet, signatory states also needed to promise to make war collectively upon any state that broke the terms of the treaty.
For much of the time, Henry VIII had complete confidence in him, and as Henry's interests inclined more towards foreign policy, he was willing to give Wolsey free rein in reforming the management of domestic affairs, for which Wolsey had grand plans. Historian John Guy explains Wolsey's methods:
Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII (full title: Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII: preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and elsewhere in England; often abbreviated in citations as L&P) is a multi-volume edition of documents from the reign of Henry VIII of England.
Henry VIII finally married her to King Louis XII of France as part of a peace treaty in 1514; Louis died after three months and Henry demanded and got most of her dowry back. The other main diplomatic success of Henry VII was an alliance with Spain, sealed by the marriage in 1501 of his heir Arthur, Prince of Wales, to Catherine of Aragon ...
Henry VIII in 1542. The Great Debasement (1544–1551) was a currency debasement policy introduced in 1544 England under the order of Henry VIII which saw the amount of precious metal in gold and silver coins reduced and in some cases replaced entirely with cheaper base metals such as copper.
White House spokesman John Kirby gave his condolences to the family of Henry Kissinger after his passing on Wednesday 29 November. President Joe Biden has yet to release a statement, but Kirby ...
The reign of Henry VIII: politics, policy, and piety. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-312-12900-9. Pincombe, Mary; Shrank, Cathy (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Tudor Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-920588-4. Tittler, Robert; Jones, Norman Leslie (2004). A companion to Tudor Britain (Volume 15 of Blackwell companions to British history ...