Round 8: 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. Hayreddin Barbarossa gifted this ruler a lion during a diplomatic visit reciprocated by Antonio Rincon and Jean (-5[1])de la (10[1])Forêt (-5[1])(“fo-RAY”). This brother of Marguerite de Navarre acquired the Mona Lisa after Leonardo’s death. (10[1])This (10[1])king allied (10[1])with Suleiman the Magnificent and met Henry (-5[1])VIII at the Field (10[1])of the (10[1])Cloth of Gold (-5[1])as part of his rivalry with (-5[1])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. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[4])

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