1520 Licence Amy
1520 Licence Amy 1520 explores the characters of two larger-than-life kings, whose rivalry and love-hate relations added a feisty edge to European relations in the early 16th century. Everyone who…
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1520 Licence Amy
1520 explores the characters of two larger-than-life kings, whose rivalry and love-hate relations added a feisty edge to European relations in the early 16th century. Everyone who was anyone in 1520 was there. What propelled them to meet, and how did each vie to outdo the other in feats of strength and yards of gold cloth?
What did this temporary, fairy-tale village erected in a French field look like, feel like and smell like? But why were the flower of England's nobility transported across the Channel, and how were they catered for? This book explores not only the political dimension of their meeting, and the difficult triangle they established with Emperor Charles V, but also the material culture behind the scenes.
While the courtiers attended masques, dances, feasts and jousts, an army of servants toiled in the temporary village created specially for that summer. Who were the