Evaluate the impact of the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) on Europe.

Candidates are required to make an appraisal of the importance of the Treaty of Tordesillas on Europe. Candidates may elect to write on the impact of the treaty on the relations between European states, for example the relations between Spain and Portugal. Insofar as impact on individual states is concerned, the focus may be on the possible economic benefits from the treaty, the acquisition of territory, the distribution of navigation zones and settlement areas or how this treaty challenged the Pope's authority. It was also, arguably, a new approach to negotiating as the views of experts were considered before the treaty was agreed, changing the nature of diplomacy.