1518 non-aggression pact between major European nations

Treaty of London (1518)

Treaty of London (1518)

The Treaty of London in 1518 was a <a href="/en/Non-aggression_pact" title="Non-aggression pact" class="wl">non-aggression pact</a> between the major European states. The signatories were <a href="/en/Duke_of_Burgundy#House_of_Habsburg_.281482.E2.80.931700.29" title="Duke of Burgundy" class="wl">Burgundy</a>, <a href="/en/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France" class="wl">France</a>, <a href="/en/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England" class="wl">England</a>, the <a href="/en/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire" class="wl">Holy Roman Empire</a>, the <a href="/en/Habsburg_Netherlands" title="Habsburg Netherlands" class="wl">Netherlands</a>, the <a href="/en/Papal_States" title="Papal States" class="wl">Papal States</a> and <a href="/en/Habsburg_Spain" title="Habsburg Spain" class="wl">Spain</a>, all of whom agreed not to attack one another and to come to the aid of any that were under attack.<a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-:0-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;">[2]</a>

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<figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right wiki-thumb"><a href="/en/File:Cardinal_Thomas_Wolsey.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Cardinal_Thomas_Wolsey.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Cardinal_Thomas_Wolsey.jpg/220px-Cardinal_Thomas_Wolsey.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="781" data-file-height="944" data-file-type="bitmap" height="266" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Cardinal_Thomas_Wolsey.jpg/330px-Cardinal_Thomas_Wolsey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Cardinal_Thomas_Wolsey.jpg/440px-Cardinal_Thomas_Wolsey.jpg 2x" alt="Cardinal_Thomas_Wolsey.jpg"></a><figcaption>Cardinal Wolsey, the principal designer of the Treaty of London (1518)</figcaption></figure>
The treaty was designed by <a href="/en/Cardinal_Wolsey" title="Cardinal Wolsey" class="mw-redirect wl">Cardinal Wolsey</a> and so came to be signed by the ambassadors of the nations concerned in <a href="/en/London" title="London" class="wl">London</a>.<a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;">[3]</a> <a href="/en/Pope_Leo_X" title="Pope Leo X" class="wl">Pope Leo X</a> originally called for a five-year peace while the monarchs of Europe helped him fight back the rising power of the <a href="/en/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire" class="wl">Ottoman Empire</a>, which was encroaching into the <a href="/en/Balkans" title="Balkans" class="wl">Balkans</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:0-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;">[2]</a> Wolsey was very keen on instead making lasting peace and persuaded <a href="/en/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII" class="wl">Henry VIII</a> to avoid war and to take a more diplomatic route in foreign affairs.

The Treaty of London in  1518 was a non-aggression pact between the major European states. The signatories were Burgundy, France, England, the Holy Roman Empire, the Netherlands, the Papal States and Spain, all of whom agreed not to attack one another and to come to the aid of any that were under attack. The treaty was designed by Cardinal Wolsey and so came to be signed by the ambassadors of the nations concerned in London. Wolsey was very keen on instead making lasting peace and persuaded Henry VIII to avoid war and to take a more diplomatic route in foreign affairs. 