Wolsey helped Henry with his aim to foreign policy because he was intelligent. He seized the opportunity to keep England maintained the dominance that could arrange matters in Europe.
However, he was not born to be a powerful diplomat. During 1512-1514, the First French War, Wolsey gained his first experience of diplomacy. Since he is only a diplomatic apprentice, he was not very successful at the beginning. But the king Henry VIII did not make him a scapegoat for England’s military failure. In fact, what made the king impressed was that Wolsey conducted himself in correspondence with Ferdinand of Aragon. But after all, during this period Wolsey was only a diplomatic apprentice so that he cannot make much influence on Henry VIII’s foreign policy.
Things changed after the success of the expedition when Wolsey managed the preparations as the quartermaster-general. It makes Wolsey become a well-known organiser and he was given the opportunity to participate in the conduct of the king’s business. Then Henry made the Valois-Tudor alliance by accepting Wolsey’s suggestion. It could be regarded as the start of Wolsey’s influence on Henry’s foreign policy.
Later, in October 1518, Wolsey achieved one of the most successful achievements in his life. The treaty of London was aimed to keep the peace in Europe. It not only claimed that the states cannot aggress others, but also allow them to make war on anyone who contravened the treaty. It ensured forcefully that the states bare not invade others in a hurry. Whereas, the treaty did not keep the peace for long time, but since Wolsey was the principle designer of the treaty, it also gained him a name as ‘peacemaker’.
Wolsey went on making peace over the next 2 years after treaty of London. He prepared the Field of Cloth of Gold for the two kings. Even though most of the historians think the meeting achieved nothing of