Hello and welcome to the Renaissance English History podcast. I'm your host, Heather Tesco,

and I'm a storyteller who makes history accessible because I believe it's a pathway to

understanding who we are,

our place in the universe, and to getting in touch with our own humanity. The field of cloth of gold

is one of the most famous foreign policy events to happen in the 16th century, and Professor

Richardson wrote an amazing book about the event. I'm so thrilled to have him on the show.

Before we get started,

though, just a few bits of normal housekeeping. First, this podcast is a member of the Agora Podcast Network, and I would urge you to go to agorapodcastnetwork.com to check out all of the

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On to Professor Glenn Richardson, author of the Field of Cloth of Gold published in 2013.

He is a professor of early modern history at St. Mary's University, Twickenham, London.

He is also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society,

a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and is an honorary fellow of the Historical Association.

He is published extensively on Tudor England's political and cultural relations with continental

Europe and on European Renaissance monarchy. In addition to journal

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