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Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

“The Field of the Cloth of Gold” by an unknown artist of the British school (c.1545). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.

Screenshot of puydufou.com/france/en/le-camp-du-drap-dor#:~:text=The%20Camp%20du%20Drap%20d,of%20the%20Cloth%20of%20Gold.

16th century woodcut of the coronation of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon showing their heraldic badges, the Tudor rose and the pomegranate. From Stephen Hawes, A Joyfull Medytacvon to All Englande (1509), printed Wynkyn de Worde, 4to, n.d. (Cambridge University Library), a single sheet with woodcut of the coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon.

Portrait of King Henry VIII attributed to Meynnart Wewyck (.c.1509). Held by the Denver Art Museum.

Map showing France at the time of the Treaty of Bretigny. Taken from History of the English People, Volume by John Richard Green (1877).

“The Battle of the Spurs” by an unknown artist of the Flemish school (c.1513). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.

Louis XII of France and his third wife, English princess Mary Tudor, from Pierre Gringoire’s, Pageants for the Reception of Queen Mary of France (c.1514). Held by the British Library.

Portrait of Francis I by Jean Clouet (c.1515). Held by the Condé Museum.

Portrait of Emperor Charles V by Bernard van Orley (c.1515-1516). Held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.

Portrait of Henry VIII by Joos van Cleve (c.1530-35). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.

Portrait of Thomas Wolsey by an unknown artist (1589-1595, based on a work of c.1520). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Screenshot of google.com/maps/place/Field+of+the+Cloth+of+Gold+%2F+Camp+du+Drap+d'Or+(7-24+June+1520)/@50.6947059,1.2545835,9z/data=!4m7!3m6!1s0x47dc4649896771c5:0x7d8ab0d61fbb267e!4b1!8m2!3d50.8523256!4d1.9229536!16s%2Fg%2F1q5d5_zzz?entry=ttu

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Screenshot of hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/the-field-of-cloth-of-gold/#gs.76rv2a

Italy provincial location map 2016


Quoted texts:

Eric Ives, ODNB entry on Henry VIII.


Also consulted, were:


Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.
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