Round 6: Tossup 13

The captain of a voyage sponsored by this king sent him a letter preserved in the Cèllere Codex. This king forced a university to retract its condemnation of the theological tract Mirror of the Sinful Soul. Cardinal Jacopo Sadoleto’s appeals did not prevent this king’s forces from massacring Waldensians at Mérindol. (10[1])Hayreddin Barbarossa gifted this ruler a lion during a diplomatic visit reciprocated by Antonio Rincon and Jean de la Forêt (“fo-RAY”). This brother of Marguerite de Navarre acquired the Mona Lisa (-5[1])after Leonardo’s death. (10[1])This king allied with Suleiman the Magnificent (10[1])and met Henry VIII at the Field of (10[1])the Cloth of Gold as part of his rivalry (-5[1])with another ruler who captured him at the Battle of Pavia. For 10 points, name this Valois (“val-WAH”) king of France who feuded with Charles V. ■END■ (10[1]0[3])

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