How far did Henry viii achieve his aims in the period from 1509 to 1514? Explain your answer

Besides declaring war and capturing Northern France Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, who was at first the Royal Almoner, and then went on to be Henry’s councillor and close companion, gave Henry a suggestion to sign an alliance with France, which as a result would make Henry the centre of foreign attention. So Henry after the Battle of Spurs Henry signed a treaty with France and Louis as a tribute of being king pays Henry 1 million pounds and Henry fixes his sister’s marriage to Louis, as he knows this will make their bond stronger, even though Mary Tudor was a lot younger than Louis XII.

Henry managed to deal with foreign policy and finance in England well as he hired Cardinal Wolsey to complete his day to day work, as a result historians argue that Wolsey was the key to Henry’s success at the time because of his efforts with the King, Wolsey acknowledged that to lead into a higher position would mean to impress and please the Jing of England, therefore he did.

Henry also had a few issues with nobility, gentry and Yorkists .However Henry VIII managed to get the majority of Nobles to his side by arresting Empson and Dudley. Edmund Dudley was a lawyer and assisted Henry VII, Henry VIII father in collecting royal taxes, which was a very unpopular policy, however in 1509 after Henry Tudor died Henry arrested Sir Richard Empson and Edmund Dudley, which was highly approved by the nobles. Henry VIII also allowed the nobility and higher class men to enter his private life more and created friendships within the higher authorities whom he spent a lot of time with, as it is known that he enjoyed hosting parties and grand feast regularly.

Overall Henry was rather successful in making foreign alliances, as his wife, Catherine of Aragon was Daughter of Ferdinand of Aragon, which meant that rivalry and completion between England and Spain was out of the picture. Henry also had strong alliances with the other European leaders; Maximillian I known as The Holy Roman Emperor, was known also as the King of the Germans, this meant that Henry didn’t have to worry with rivalry between Germany or the Romans, who were at a powerful position at the 16th century, now that Henry had signed the London peace treaty with the king of France after the battle of Spurs in Callais, where Henry managed to capture some English nobles. Henry even had France on his side, which shows that Henry was largely successful in gaining international fame and recognition. This was not only for his boisterous and talented personality, but because of his courage and power.