Negotiations at Calais [manuscript], ca. 1521.

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Negotiations at Calais [manuscript], ca. 1521.

An official contemporary manuscript account of the negotiations that took place at Calais from August to October 1521 between representatives of King Henry VIII, Emperor Charles V, François I, and Pope Leo X. This account of the proceedings at Calais was originally written in Latin by Mercurino Gattinara, the Chancellor of Emperor Charles V and his representative at the conference. A contemporary translation into French by Claude de Chassey was circulated widely and several manuscript copies are still in existence.

164 leaves ; 30 x 23 cm.

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