Field of Cloth of Gold, France, 1520

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Name (Hebrew)
שדה אריג הזהב, צרפת, 1520
Name (Latin)
Field of Cloth of Gold, France, 1520
Other forms of name
Cloth of Gold, Field of, France, 1520
nne Field of Cloth of Gold, 1520
Coordinates
1.9229 1.9229 50.8523 50.8523 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing place name
France
Great Britain
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q1030061
Library of congress: sh 85048112
Sources of Information
  • Britannica 14.
  • Harbottle. Dict. of historical allusions.
  • Langer. Encyc. of history.
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Wikipedia description:

The Field of the Cloth of Gold (French: Camp du Drap d'Or, pronounced [kɑ̃ dy dʁa d‿ɔʁ]) was a summit meeting between King Henry VIII of England and King Francis I of France from 7 to 24 June 1520. Held at Balinghem, between Ardres in France and Guînes in the English Pale of Calais, it was a very expensive display of wealth by both kings. The summit was arranged to increase the bond of friendship between the two kings following the Anglo-French treaty of 1514. The two monarchs would meet again in 1532 to arrange Francis's assistance in pressuring Pope Clement VII to pronounce Henry's first marriage as illegitimate. Under the guidance of English Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, these European states sought to outlaw war forever among Christian peoples. The Pale of Calais, home to the meeting in Balinghem, was the final English possession in France. This territorial leftover from the Hundred Years' War caused some tensions between the English and French, as the latter preferred a location closer to the border, but topographical considerations proved the decisive factor.

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