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7th June 1520: Henry VIII and Francis I meet at the Field of Cloth of Gold

7th June 2020
Tagged as: England, Europe, Field of Cloth of Gold, France, Francis I, Henry VIII, Monarchy, Wolsey

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.

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7th June 1520: Henry VIII and Francis I meet at the Field of Cloth of Gold

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