The Treaty of Edinburgh provides for French withdrawal from Scotland
On 6 July 1560 the Treaty of Edinburgh provided for French withdrawal from Scotland after an English intervention. It is a dated diplomatic instrument, not the 1588 naval war and not a 1707 union. In the causal graph this event strengthens Energy Security, a driver that strengthens Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) — a worsening welfare path.
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On 6 July 1560 the Treaty of Edinburgh provided for French withdrawal from Scotland after an English intervention. It is a dated diplomatic instrument, not the 1588 naval war and not a 1707 union. Elizabeth I’s documented role is: English commissioners sealed a treaty after an intervention. Cecil negotiated; French and Scottish parties signed; she did not march in person. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear.
Context
The death of Mary of Guise and the Lords of the Congregation had already opened a Protestant path in Scotland. Elizabeth’s caution about aiding rebels is part of the same year, not a reason to drop the treaty. Named others on the file: William Cecil, English commanders, French commissioners, and Scottish lords share the instrument. The public setting is the file around 1560-07-06. The instrument stays The Treaty of Edinburgh provides for French withdrawal from Scotland. The setting of The Treaty of Edinburgh provides for French withdrawal from Scotland is the public file around 1560-07-06.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Why it matters
Complex on later public carriers. Welfare reading improving. The attached mechanism is A dated treaty reduced a French military presence on the northern border as a security instrument. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is improving.
Shared responsibility is part of The Treaty of Edinburgh provides for French withdrawal from Scotland. Naming Elizabeth I does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1560-07-06 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Elizabeth I of England
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.44 · verified
English commissioners sealed a treaty after an intervention. Cecil negotiated; French and Scottish parties signed; she did not march in person.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactThe Treaty of Edinburgh provides for French withdrawal from Scotland
- strengthensDriverEnergy Security
- strengthensIndicators (4)Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 6 July 1560 · verified
A dated treaty reduced a French military presence on the northern border as a security instrument.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.62)
Observed
10.4% · 10.2 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 11.1% to 10.4%.
Above normal = worse
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.24 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.6)
Observed
7.97% of population aged 16 years or over · 5.2 above the normal line (2025)
Worse than normal8 readings, 2018–2025: rose from 7.77% of population aged 16 years or over to 7.97% of population aged 16 years or over.
Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.2 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.5)
Observed
91.6% of population · 8.4 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normal4 readings, 2020–2023: rose from 90.4% of population to 91.6% of population.
Above normal = better
All indicators on this path (4)
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.19 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.48)
Observed
80 Years · 2.3 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normal6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 79.5 Years to 80 Years.
Above normal = better
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Britannica — Elizabeth I, birth and christening 1533Encyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
- 2.The National Archives — Tudor plague and public order contextThe National Archives · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Britannica and TNA catalogues independently date the 1560 Edinburgh treaty file. Official: Britannica — Elizabeth I, Scotland and the Treaty of Edinburgh (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-I (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent: The National Archives — 1560 Scottish intervention papers as catalogues (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ (opens in a new tab); The National Archives (UK)). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: Britannica — Elizabeth I, Scotland and the Treaty of Edinburgh (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-I (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: The National Archives — 1560 Scottish intervention papers as catalogues (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ (opens in a new tab); The National Archives (UK)).
Established: a 1560 Edinburgh treaty heading under her government. Not established: that every later Anglo-Scottish conflict was closed that July. Established: a sourced public record of The Treaty of Edinburgh provides for French withdrawal from Scotland under 1560-07-06.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of The Treaty of Edinburgh provides for French withdrawal from Scotland are separate paths.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorElizabeth I of England
- contributed toFactThe Treaty of Edinburgh provides for French withdrawal from Scotland
- strengthensDriverEnergy Security
- strengthensIndicatorPoverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population)
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Factrail. (2026). The Treaty of Edinburgh provides for French withdrawal from Scotland. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/e1-treaty-edinburgh-1560
https://factrail.ai/facts/e1-treaty-edinburgh-1560
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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