What was the expansion goal of James IV's foreign policy?
European naval crusade against the Ottomans
Conquer France
Annex Ireland
Secure the Holy Land
Answer
James IV of Scotland was a strong advocate for a European naval crusade against the Ottoman Empire. He saw the Ottomans as a threat to Christianity and believed that a crusade was the best way to defeat them. James IV's efforts to organize a crusade were unsuccessful, but they did help to bring attention to the threat of the Ottomans and to the need for a united Christian response.
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