Diplomacy and alliances
What Diplomacy and alliances means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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The vital alliance with Damascus was shattered, and the Byzantine Empire suffered severe reputational damage in the Latin West, where Manuel I was scapegoated for defeats in Anatolia.
A formidable Dutch-English alliance was created, dedicated to curbing French expansionism and providing William with English resources to support the Dutch Republic against France.
Strategic alliances with Muslim neighbours were sought, alongside appeals to the West for new crusades, though external reinforcements were often unreliable and temporary.
Louis negotiated the Secret Treaty of Dover with Charles II of England, providing subsidies in exchange for English naval support, to isolate the Dutch.
Peter used dynastic marriages and diplomatic missions to integrate Russia into European alliance systems and project influence into northern Germany.
The renewal of war had diplomatic implications, including alliances and diplomatic realignments, and led to the Treaty of Troyes.
Topics that use Diplomacy and alliances
- 1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204 – consequence in this period through the following key questions: (AQA A-Level)
- 1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204 – The foundation of new states and the Second Crusade, c1099–1149 (AQA A-Level)
- 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only) – Increasing the glory of Russia, 1707–1725 (AQA A-Level)
- 2F The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643– 1715 (A-level only) – Challenges in Europe, 1685–1697 (AQA A-Level)
- 2F The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643– 1715 (A-level only) – Louis XIV and Europe, 1661–1685 (AQA A-Level)
- Paper 3, Option 30: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399–1509 - 2 Henry V and the conquest of France, 1413–21 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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