at first, henry wanted to be friends with the king of france. but soon, he instead joined with spain, the pope and the holy roman empire to weaken france. he dreamed of gaining more lands in france. the results were mixed: england won some battles against france in 1513. the alliance weakened france`s power over the pope. scotland invaded england in 1514 but lost badly at the battle of the flodden. but henry spent a lot of money and did not gain much land.