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7th June 1520: Henry VIII and Francis I meet at the Field of Cloth of Gold
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-06-06 21:05:29
Description: In 1518 the English Cardinal Wolsey had negotiated the Treaty of London, a non-aggression pact that was signed by the twenty major European powers of the time. However, peace held for barely a year before two of the signatories went to war and Wolsey began to arrange meetings between Henry VIII and the other monarchs to salvage the agreement. Francis I of France was barely three years younger than Henry and, like his English counterpart, was keen to display the grandeur of his court. Consequently both men approached their forthcoming meeting as an opportunity to outshine the other, resulting in ...
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