Author: Russell, Joycelyne Gledhill
Title: The Field Of The Cloth Of Gold - Men And Manners In 1520
Description: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969, 1st edition. Cloth, dj, VVG+/VG. xiv+248pp, 8pp b/w plates, index, ALS from the author laid in, dustjacket a little rubbed at the edges, a nice near fine copy. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0710062079 ¶ Account of the meeting between Henry VIII & Francis I of France which took place at Balinghem, near Calais. The idea behind the event was to build relations between England & France following the Treaty of London in 1518. Called the 'Le Camp de Drap d'Or' in French, the affair was a lavish recreation of a Medieval Chivalric Tournament. No expense was spared & henry had a huge canvas castlt erected. For all the diplomacy & Renaissance show its purpose was thwarted when later in the same year England forged an alliance with Philip of Castile The Holy Roman Emperor who then declared war on France.

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