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Exile of Harold I
Exiles Emma to Bruges, widow of Canute I
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Bruges in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Exiles Emma to Bruges, widow of Canute I
Sails to Bruges & join Emma, his mother, to prepare for an invasion of England
Edward III uses Flemish alliances to support his war against France.
England and France agree a truce at Bruges during the Hundred Years War.
England retains Calais, parts of Gascony around Bordeaux & Batonne. England retains Brest & 3 forts in Brittany. A truce is made
The Bruges truce is renewed as negotiations continue.
Margaret of York marries Charles the Bold in Bruges.
Accompanies Wolsey to Bruges
Wolsey represents England in negotiations with Margaret of Austria for the anti-French alliance.
English and Imperial representatives negotiate the secret Treaty of Bruges for war against France.
The agreement envisages Henry VIII invading northern France while Charles V attacks French interests elsewhere.
Wolsey negotiates with Habsburg representatives at Bruges.
English and Imperial representatives negotiate the secret Treaty of Bruges against Francis I of France.
The Treaty of Bruges plans an Anglo-Imperial campaign against Francis I of France.
Authorizes the Treaty of Bruges alliance with Charles V against France, undermining the universal peace system created in 1518.
Signs a secret Treaty with Charles V to launch a "great enterprise" against France
Henry VIII commits England to an alliance with Charles V against France.
The Treaty of Bruges binds Henry VIII and Charles V to an anti-French alliance.
The agreement prepares the ground for Henry VIII's Great Enterprise against France.
The treaty commits England to war against France in support of the Habsburg position.
Wolsey helps arrange the treaty with Imperial representatives while England moves away from neutrality.
Signs a secret Treaty with Charles V to launch a "great enterprise" against France
Signs a secret Treaty with Charles V to launch a "great enterprise" against France
Signs a secret Treaty with Charles V to launch a "great enterprise" against France
Provenance
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