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The Field of the Cloth of Gold — The June 1520 meeting between Francis I and Henry VIII, near Calais
A meeting staged to detach England from the emperor, and turned into a contest of magnificence: tents of cloth of gold and silver, days of festivities, and no diplomatic result. England allied with the emperor the following year. (Editorial synthesis)
The Field of the Cloth of Gold took place on 7 June 1520 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
The Field of the Cloth of Gold ended in a contest of munificence, then the failure of the meeting. (source: Larousse)
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