The Field of the Cloth of Gold

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🗓️ 12 June 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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On the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII and Francis I’s magnificent peace summit in northern France, historian Glenn Richardson explores the events of the Field of the Cloth of Gold and considers its impact on Anglo-French relations. Historyextra.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.7	500 years ago this month, King Henry the 8th of England and King Francis I of France met for a summit in northern France at what is known as a field of the cloth of gold.
1:12.9	In today's episode, we're going to be exploring these events with Professor Glenn Richardson of St Mary's University.
1:15.1	He's the author of a history of the field of the cloth of gold, and has also written a feature
1:19.7	on it for the July issue of BBC History Magazine.
1:23.5	Putting the questions to him was the magazine's editor, Rob Atar.
1:27.6	I wonder if we could begin actually with the name.
1:30.4	Why was the summit called the Field of the Cloth of Gold?
1:33.7	It's called the Field of Cloth of Gold because it's a retrospective title
1:38.0	because of the material which was used, one of the richest fabrics which was available in the 16th century,
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