...an interview with the English king, near Calais. So much magnificence was displayed on both sides, that the place of meeting was called the Field of the Cloth of Gold. 6. In 1560, Charles the Ninth became king of France. He was then a boy of ten years old. His reign...

...an interview with the English king, near Calais. So much magnificence was displayed on both sides, that the place of meeting was called the Field of the Cloth of Gold. 6. In 1560, Charles the Ninth became king of France. He was then a boy of ten years old. His reign...

...which, in 1620, the famous meeting took plsce between Henry VIII of England and Francis I. of France. The place of meeting was called the Field of the Cloth of Gold, and is situated to the west, midway between thlsstation and Gulsnes. The next stations arrived at are...

...(1520). Henry afterwards met Francis near Calais ; so great was the display of royal magnificence, that the place of meeting was called the " Field of the Cloth of Gold." (1522.) Wolsey's high position procured him many enemies, he was employed to raise forced loans from...

...subsequently between Henry and Francis, the latter in 1520, near to Guines; from the gorgeous display, the place of meeting was called " the Field of the Cloth of Gold." The great object, it is said, which the cardinal aimed at was the preservation of the balance of power...

...amusements. So great was the splendour, and so costly were the entertainments at this royal gathering, that the place of meeting was called the " Field of the Cloth of Gold." At the end of fourteen days the two sovereigns separated without accomplishing any important object....

...accounts of the writers of that day, the scene must have been something almost awful in pomp and splendor. The place of meeting was called the Field of the Cloth of G-old, from the material with which the tents and pavilions of the monarchs were covered. This plain lies...

...accounts of the writers of that day, the scene must have been something almost awful in pomp and splendor. The place of meeting was called the Field of the Cloth of Gold, from the material with which the tents and pavilions of the monarchs were covered. This plain lies...

...magnificent character (1520). So gorgeous was the display on both sides, under the management of Wolsey, that the place of meeting was called the "Field of the Cloth of Gold." The treaty which was made was, however, soon broken; for Charles had artfully gained over Cardinal...

...held an interview with the English king near Calais. So much magnificence was displayed on both sides, that the place of meeting was called the Field of the Cloth of Gold. 6. In 1560, Charles the Ninth became king of France. He was then a boy of ten years old. His reign...