Bas relief of the Field of the Cloth of Gold, near Calais, France. The summit meeting place of King Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France, on 7 June 1520, following the Anglo-French treaty of 1514

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Illustration from Cassell's illustrated history of England published circa 1896. Henry met Francis I on 7 June 1520 at the Field of the Cloth of Gold near Calais for a fortnight of lavish entertainment. Both hoped for friendly relations in place of the wars of the previous decade. The strong air of competition laid to rest any hopes of a renewal of the Treaty of London, however, and conflict was inevitable

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