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001 2013023518
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008 130612s2013 ctu b 000 0 eng
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020 $a9780300148862 (hardback)
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050 00 $aDC113.5$b.R53 2013
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084 $aHIS037010$aHIS013000$aHIS015000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aRichardson, Glenn.
245 14 $aThe Field of Cloth of Gold /$cGlenn Richardson.
264 1 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c[2013]
300 $axii, 275 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Glenn Richardson provides the first history in more than four decades of a major Tudor event: an extraordinary international gathering of Renaissance rulers unparalleled in its opulence, pageantry, controversy, and mystery. Throughout most of the late medieval period, from 1300 to 1500, England and France were bitter enemies, often at war or on the brink of it. In 1520, in an effort to bring conflict to an end, England's monarch, Henry VIII, and Francis I of France agreed to meet, surrounded by virtually their entire political nations, at "the Field of Cloth of Gold." In the midst of a spectacular festival of competition and entertainment, the rival leaders hoped to secure a permanent settlement between them, as part of a European-wide "Universal Peace." Richardson offers a bold new appraisal of this remarkable historical event, describing the preparations and execution of the magnificent gathering, exploring its ramifications, and arguing that it was far more than the extravagant elitist theater and cynical charade it historically has been considered to be"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [252]-266) and index.
650 0 $aField of Cloth of Gold, France, 1520.
651 0 $aFrance$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zFrance.
600 00 $aFrancis$bI,$cKing of France,$d1494-1547.
600 00 $aHenry$bVIII,$cKing of England,$d1491-1547.
651 0 $aFrance$xCourt and courtiers$xHistory$y16th century.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xCourt and courtiers$xHistory$y16th century.
650 7 $aHISTORY / Medieval.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / France.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.$2bisacsh