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Field of the Cloth of Gold

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  • "The Great Rift Valley, the Field of the Cloth of Gold, Newton's prism, the Mona Lisa" are, he announces with slightly alarming gusto in his prologue, "all impossible without the elements."

    Periodic Table Talk Mike Jay 2011

  • It was believed that the unfortunate Duke had given offence to the great Cardinal by expressing his mind freely about the expense and absurdity of the whole business of the Field of the Cloth of Gold.

    A Child's History of England 2007

  • Ardres and Guisnes, commonly called the Field of the Cloth of Gold.

    A Child's History of England 2007

  • Their mother told them the story of the Field of the Cloth of Gold, when they drove down the lane bordered with golden Spanish needles.

    What Two Children Did Charlotte E. Chittenden

  • Surrounded on the south, north-east, and east by the states of Charles V, Francis I, immediately after his interview of the Field of the Cloth of Gold with Henry VIII of England (1520), began the struggle with the House of Austria which was to be prolonged, with occasional truces, until 1756.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • My father's people were all at the Crusades, and the Wars of the Roses, and the Field of the Cloth of Gold.

    About Peggy Saville George de Horne Vaizey 1887

  • [2] See _The Field of the Cloth of Gold_, page 59.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

  • _Henry VIII during the festivities at Guines_ -- "_The Field of the Cloth of Gold_" -- _in courtly dance with one of the French Queen's ladies-in-waiting_ (_page 63_), Frontispiece

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

  • Of the Field of the Cloth of Gold not much need be said.

    The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Of the Field of the Cloth of Gold not much need be said.

    The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

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