1520 : the field of the cloth of gold
Licence, Amy2023
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'1520' explores the characters of 2 larger-than-life kings, whose rivalry and love-hate relations added a feisty edge to European relations in the early 16th century. What propelled them to meet, and how did each vie to outdo the other in feats of strength and yards of gold cloth? Everyone who was anyone in 1520 was there. But why were the flower of England's nobility transported across the Channel, and how were they catered for? What did this temporary, fairy-tale village erected in a French field look like, feel like and smell like? This book explores not only the political dimension of their meeting, and the difficult triangle they established with Emperor Charles V, but also the material culture behind the scenes. While the courtiers attended masques, dances, feasts and jousts, an army of servants toiled in the temporary village created specially for that summer.
Main title:
1520 : the field of the cloth of gold / Amy Licence.
Author:
Licence, Amy, author
Imprint:
Stroud : Amberley Publishing, 2023.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781398115415 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2583018
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