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Ten minutes later, after paying the maximum processing fee,
I had the visas.
I left the consulate, and an hour later, the group completing the
London program left the hotel by bus. And I stayed in London
for eight weeks. For my part, the great French-Hungarian
Friendship Treaty was concluded for the future. I've made up
my mind, I'm over the League of Cognac conspiracy issue.
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31 Picture: The basic issue is that Francis I, the French ruler, involved the Turkish Porte - a foreign
culture - in the European conflicts. He organized a new league in Cognac and created the Holy
League of Cognac and started a war against the Habsburgs. The Turks thus considered attacking
Hungary as a possible step. France and Venice played a role in the 1526 Turkish attack against
Hungary, which led to the lost Battle at Mohács and occupation of the central part of Hungary.
Francis I lost, the Habsburgs won. Hungary fought for 150 years and blocked the Turks to go further
in Europe.
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