Year 8A & Year 8B
Today you are going to continue with the film about the real Cinderella…
Follow the instructions step by step:
1.
Here is a reminder of the events in the previous episode:
We learnt that King Francis was organising a masquerade ball, where Henry must choose a bride by midnight or marry Gabriella, a Spanish princess, in an arranged marriage. Rodmilla desperately tried to get Henry to choose Marguerite as his bride. In the meantime, Danielle’s friend, Gustave, told Prince Henry where the “Comtesse de Lancret” lived. This is, of course, the name used by Danielle. So, she was forced to run home and change clothes in time for Henry’s arrival. She accompanied him and they visited a Franciscan monastery’s library where they discussed books and society in general… As Henry and Danielle spent time together they realized that they had a lot in common.
2.
Here are a few interesting bits of information about the film:
Trivia (from Part 2)
(If not discussed in the previous lesson…)
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At one point Queen Marie tells Henry to choose a wife wisely, because “divorce is only something they do in England.” This is a reference to Henry VIII of England, who caused a huge scandal when he divorced Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn in the early 16th century.
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When Danielle is swimming in the lake, she is using the inverted breaststroke. It was popular in medieval and Renaissance Europe, and is still commonly taught as a survival stroke.
3.
And here are a few interesting factual errors…
Goofs (from Part 2)
(If not discussed in the previous lesson…)
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When Danielle returns Maurice to his wife, we can see a watch tan line on one female peasant’s arm.
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When Danielle walks into the room where her step mother and sisters were playing games, after Maurice was bought back, Marguerite says “somebody’s in trouble” with the tune of “ring-around-the-rosie”. That song/tune was not even around until the 1700’s – so she would not have known about the tune yet.
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Prince Henry gave Marguerite chocolate after the tennis game. However, solid, edible chocolate pieces did not exist then. The Spanish brought cocoa from Mexico, but the French only started using it, as a drink, in the 1800s.
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At one point, Paulette tells Danielle that “the only throne she wants Marguerite sitting on is the one she has to clean every day”. While modern toilets are jokingly referred to as “thrones”, they did not exist in the 16th century, and many people used small chamber pots.
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In the market scene, Marguerite introduced their servants to the prince and he replied that he’d love to meet them, and then greeted them by saying “good day ladies”. A noblewoman would never think to introduce her servants to a prince and a prince would never refer to them as “ladies,” since the term was used only for nobility and not for any women, as nowadays.
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Francis and Marie are seen in a coach leaving the town church. Medieval castles and palaces had their own chapels for the royal family. Francis and Marie would not usually have worshiped in a public church.
4.
In the next part of the film (Episode III) Danielle and the Prince are on their way home after their visit to the Franciscan monastery. Unfortunately their carraige broke and they are attacked by gypsies…
The next day, Danielle defies Rodmilla and Marguerite as they upset her greatly with their actions… Danielle gets so upset that she attacks Marguerite… and suffers the consequences thereof!
In this episode Rodmilla also discovers that Danielle is the mysterious courtier Henry is pursuing. Rodmilla therefore lies to Queen Marie that the “Comtesse” is engaged.
Then, Danielle again meets with Henry. She tries to confess her identity, but he interrupts and tells her that she has given his life new purpose. So, she is unable to tell him the truth…
Later in this episode, everyone gets ready for the ball; that is everyone, excepts Danielle… Fortunately, everyone eventually makes it to the ball where, Danielle tries again to tell Henry the truth…
Remember to look out for anything that relates to what you have learnt about the Renaissance!
5.
Now, watch “Episode 3” by accessing it in Schoology Materials. (This “episode” is 30:57 minutes long.)
- IMPORTANT: First make sure that you are logged into your School Gmail account.
- Then open Schoology to access the link to the film.
Remember to look out for anything that relates to what you have learnt about the Renaissance!
If, for some reason, it does not work, click on the square (at the top right) in the schoology page for “Episode 3” – then the video should work. It looks like this:
6.
Here are a few interesting bits of information about the film:
Trivia (from Part 2)
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In the movie, Danielle rescues the prince from gypsies by carrying him on her back. According to legend, when King Conrad III defeated the Duke of Welf (in the year 1140, Germany) and placed Weinsberg under siege, the wives of the besieged castle negotiated a surrender which granted them the right to leave with whatever they could carry on their shoulders. The king allowed them that much. Leaving everything else aside, each woman took her own husband on her shoulders and carried him out. When the king’s people saw what was happening, many of them said that that was not what had been meant and wanted to put a stop to it. But the king laughed and accepted the women’s clever trick. “A king” he said, “should always stand by his word.”
7.
And here are a few interesting anachronisms…
Goofs (from Part 3)
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At the gypsy camp Henry tells Danielle that “it is your mouth that has me hypnotized”. The term “hypnotized” was not coined until around 1841 by Scottish surgeon James Braid.
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When Henry and Danielle are riding the horse – returning from the gypsy camp to the manor house, Danielle is seen riding “astride” (with one leg on each side of the horse).
The socially correct manor for Danielle to ride a horse – especially as a “Comtesse” would have had been for Danielle to sit “aside” (with both of her legs off to one side of the horse) in front of Henry.
In Europe, cultural norms held that it was unbecoming for a lady to straddle a horse while riding. From the 1300’s until the early 20th century women rode “aside”.
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Henry invites Danielle to the ruins at Amboise that, according to him, used to be a royal residence. However, while Leonardo da Vinci was in France King Francis I was living in the Chateau d’Amboise. The Château d’Amboise was abandoned as royal residence. It was a royal residence until 1560.
During the French Wars of Religion between French Catholics and French Protestants, in the middle of the 16th century, 1200 Protestants were (possibly) hung from the walls of the Château d’Amboise.
The smell became so bad that the Court soon abandoned the Château and it was left to fall into ruin.
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Prince Henry mother told him that Rodmilla said that Danielle is marrying a Belgian. However, Belgium was only established in 1830 – before 1830, the area was only a collection of villages that were repeatedly occupied by various European kingdoms.
6.
Favourite quotes from this “episode”:
Mother, Father, I want to build a university, with the largest library on the continent, where anyone can study, no matter their station!
henry
I shall go down in history as the man who opened a door!
leonardo da vinci
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