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WAR AND DIPLOMACY

Henry can take some credit for the expansion and evolution of the naval forces of England in this period, as well as massive sea defence projects. In the battlefield, some small gains were made in France over the years and Henry joined with Charles V against Francis in the Italian Wars not long after the Field of Cloth of Gold. But Henry never got the grand military victory that could

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