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P1 - At first glance, may appear peace driven - Treaty of London; Field of the Cloth of Gold; League of Cognac. (Wolsey counterbalancing the foreign superpowers - eng can`t really do much as a bone torn between two dogs. (esp now CV has netherlands and spain circa 1519)
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HVIII broke these treaties; declared war on France; the King`s Great Matter - clearly Wolseys survival depended on maintaining HVIII`s chivalric ambitions. (essentially jealous of FI and CV - two warlike kings much like himself - but both gaining glory over eachother leaving HVIII isolated once again - battle of milan.
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Counter this with how HVIII may have wanted peace. The peace treaties, particularly ToL was international well-received and placed England at the heart of Eurpoean affairs. This did perhaps allign with HVIII's ambitions at the time - he was also cultivaing a renaissance man image - examples - assertio septem sacramentorum around this time of peace 1521.
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Reinstate argument - this would be too abrupt to assume HVIII's main aim - he broke the peace (once again) shwoing he wasn't commited over warlike policy, and one only has to look at his early foreign policy - two twin victories; battle of flodden (eal of surrey wrecks the scots...) and battle of the spurs in 1513, in which henry viii played a leading role in the c charge, served bolster the english and h's reputation. These cost a lot, used all of hvii's savings so henry couldn't continue - hence the sudden switch to peace. (I`ve seen some people say that Flodden doesn`t count but of course it does)