History A-Level

Diplomacy and treaties

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The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis in 1559 ended decades of Habsburg-Valois conflict and cemented the definitive eclipsing of French power.

AQA · 1B Spain in the Age of Discovery, 1469–1598 (A-level only) – Spain: The 'Great Power', 1556–1598 (A-level only) (study guide)

Louis XIV initially pursued diplomacy through the Partition Treaties of 1698 and 1700 to divide the inheritance.

AQA · 2F The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643– 1715 (A-level only) – France defeated, 1697–1715 (study guide)

Attempts by the Great Powers to impose peace through the Treaty of London and the Treaty of Bucharest.

AQA · 2K International Relations and Global Conflict, c1890–1941 (A-level only) – The coming of war, 1911–1917 (study guide)

Using treaties with other foreign powers to prevent support for pretenders and build alliances.

AQA · 1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603 – Henry VII, 1485–1509 (study guide)

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