<p>England inside the early years of Henry VIII can be visible as a newly risen energy, with continental commitments; a rich united states of America, way to the economies of the King's father, and for this reason sought as an ally with the aid of the more considerable States. Her traditional friendships were in Spain and Portugal. her enmities with Scotland and France; of those latter, Scotland, overwhelmed with the aid of the victory of Flodden in 1513, gave little trouble throughout Henry's reign.<br /> The Empire was a sprawling internet of territories that covered Spain, the Netherlands, Burgundy, Sicily, and Naples, with a host of small principalities, electorates, and bishoprics in Central Europe, now drawing collectively towards the advancing risk of the Turk. These territories................._