There was a massive loss of resources and income after the recline of land in France, leading to the powerful men of England to take arms in aid of their lords this lead to the battle of St Albans The weakness of royal power can be pin pointed to the king. Henry was never a fit king to rule a country such as England; he was not the man his father Henry V would ever be. And this caused a sense of unrest to the people of England. This can be reflected by his counterproductive peace policy with France, that lead to the loss of royal lands that his father had once gained. Henry was supported and manipulated by William de la Pole, Edmund Beaufort and his French wife, Margaret of Anjou.
How far was the outbreak of civil war in 1455 due to the loss of English territories in France? In his public announcements of 1450, 1452 and 1455 York proved his loyalty to the king by saying that he did not wish “to displease my sovereign lord”. He was also constantly claiming that his opposition against the king was because of his rivalry with Somerset. York even knelt before Henry after St.Albans in an attempt to prove his loyalty to him. The loss of English territories in France was the main cause of York’s hatred of Somerset and worsened the relationship between Henry and York, whose relationship was already strained because of the court faction’s suspicions of York’s intentions and fears of attainder.
Because he wanted as little interaction with Parliament as possible, he levied new custom duties called impositions to raise funds. Although Parliament’s power of the purse was ignored, it did not wish for serious confrontation and opted for peaceful negotiated. James’ court along with his foreign policy caused substantial political conflict within England. James’ favorite man in court was no doubt the duke of Buckingham. Buckingham controlled royal patronage and openly sold noble titles (also known as peerage) to raise money for the king and was also rumored to be his homosexual lover.
John abandoned his plans to invade France, but demanded taxes anyway. This angered the barons because they usually only paid taxes in wartime. Some barons refused to help John regain his land In France. John abandoned his plans to invade France, but demanded taxes anyway. This angered the barons because they usually only paid taxes in wartime.
The way that they could have done this is by giving fair taxes and giving people the freedom of opinion and speech. (Give examples) Counter Argument: ----- Argument: Louis XIV summoned Estates General because he wanted to slow down the French Revolution. Louis XIV tried to stop the French Revolution but failed because he hasn’t paid much attention to how to rule a country. Louis XIV thought that he understood finance but he didn’t understand them at all. (William Doyle) After some time he realized that he wasn’t going to get anywhere with this, so he changed his plan to staying alive.
Henry had spent a lot of money on wars in Europe, expensive clothes and food so he wanted to make up the loss by being head of the church. This meant Henry would have more money for himself. Finally, Henry made himself head of the English Church because he knew that previous kings had been unhappy with the amount of power the Pope had over the English church so he decided he wanted complete control over his country. Henry wanted power to divorce without the Pope's consent and in general Henry wanted more power over England's land. Henry wanted a divorce from Catherine of Aragon because she could not produce a son.
The French and Indian War, or the Seven Years’ war in Europe, had a negative impact on relations between the American colonies and Great Britain. The British forgot about the colonists’ role during the war. British troops in the colonies treated the colonists with cruelty, convincing the colonists that they would possibly be enslaved in the future by Britain. Although the colonists were original from Britain, they had different ideals and philosophies. After the war, Great Britain was in a large enough debt that it was able to destroy the English government.
The nobility of England appeared to increase in power because of the weakness of the king. The King had clear favourites in both the Earl of Somerset and the Earl of Suffolk. The Earl of Suffolk was permitted to ‘dominate’ the royal household during the period Henry was too young to be ruler. When he was accused of treason by the commons due to the business in France, the King stood by him in protection. The king sent him to exile, however in the English Channel, the ship carrying the Earl of Suffolk was intercepted by ‘Nicholas of the Tower’, and Suffolk was beheaded by its sailors in April 1450.
France thought the war would not only help by stopping Germany’s increase in power. It would also help Napoleon III to regain his popularity after some of his failures after the commencement of his dictatorship, such as the Mexican adventure of 1867. I will now go onto the short term reasons. Firstly, Spain needed a king and Bismarck saw his chance to send Prince Leopold to become king there. France protested because they thought that having German influence on both sides would be too much if conflict would have occured.
He is supposed to have the most control, able to keep his people in line however due to his state he was not able to accomplish any of these necessary attributions of a king, therefore this would help contribute to the civil war outbreak, as a weak character in the position of a king isn’t good. In addition, Henry had a trait of having favorites among his nobility. This is shown by he gave out patronage to his favorites, Somerset and Suffolk, they were also made dukes in 1448. This would cause problems inside his nobility. Dukes were usually direct relatives of the king, however Suffolk and Somerset were not, where as Richard of York was.