Mary of Burgundy sends a letter to her fiance Maximilian of Austria (Maximilian)

[@Belinda8881]

I love the way they use the words "smell " and "sniff" lol! I also love Maximilian´s smile when he looks at Mary`s portrait inside the locket.

[@acdragonrider]

“Stinken” 😂

[@yxx_chris_xxy]

Yes, but something is lost in translation here. In the letter, in the subtitles, Mary says Johanna [...] "who can smell you well", which is a correct literal translation of "die Euch gut riechen kann". But that phrase is used to say "who likes you". This is the main meaning of that phrase today, native speakers people wouldn't associate this with smelling at all, except in this scene, with the double meaning making this humorous.

[@miab.9521]

I was so happy when I saw this on the Starz channel. It’s my favorite scene because it shows Mary of Burgundy taking the initiative by writing this letter to Maximilian. Lili1127 you’re doing an excellent job making this playlist. Please stay healthy and safe. 🙏❤️😇🙂👍🤔

[@acdragonrider]

This whole sequence was hilarious but also really sweet. Reminds me of when isabel and Fernando first started contacting one another and Isabel wanted Cardenas to find out details about each of the pretendientes.

[@soledadferrer1325]

He's cute too! Thank you Lili!

[@MichSherl]

Yay and so it starts! Hehe Love the letter and Johanna & Wolf too! Thanks for uploading these! :D

[@scottibrown3274]

This must have been awkward for Johanna. I know she’s doing what Mary asked her to, but it’s still awkward

[@douglasharley2440]

to my heart, wolf and johanna's romance was the most touching...lol, not to say mary of burgundy and maximillian's _wasn't,_ i'm just sayin'! maximillian and mary were a 10, and wolf and johanna were a 15. my favorite part of the whole series (and that's saying something, indeed!) is when he tells johanna that their journey together was the most wonderful thing that had ever happened to him, and the radiant smile she gives him. ❤🥲👍

[@barbiquearea]

Kinda weird that she would ask Maximilian if he knows how to read and writer considering how he would have been given a highborn education as the son of the emperor.

[@rivenoak]

may depend on the languages they've exchanges letters in.

[@ajvanmarle]

@Anedir Libelasz He probably spoke French as well. Learning foreign languages was part of a good education and French was used as a lingua Franca. At the same time, Maria might have been able to speak German, or at least understand it. Burgundy covered part of what is now Flanders and the Netherlands and in those days Dutch and German were much closer together than they are now.

[@JadedKate]

@@ajvanmarle we flemish people can still very much understand a lot of german and are able to have some very basic conversations without the need to translate. and yes, Maximilian spoke a fair amount of french.

[@davidpnewton]

@@ajvanmarle not entirely true. Dutch and Low German were indeed very much closer. High German like that spoken in Austria? Nope. Remember that Austria was right at the other end of the German language area from those German-speaking areas adjacent to Dutch-speaking areas.

[@adifreitag8579]

@@JadedKate Ich spreche kein Niederländisch und kein Flämisch. Aber Deutsch und Niederländisch/Flämisch sind sprachlich verwandt. Sie ähneln der plattdeutschen Sprache. Ich kann mit etwas Fantasie einfache Aussagen eines Flamen oder Niederländers verstehen. Abgesehen davon, dass ich als deutscher Fallschirmjäger den Text des deutschen Soldatenliedes kenne, könnte ich auch die flämischen Worte verstehen. I don't speak Dutch or Flemish. But German and Dutch/Flemish are linguistically related. They are similar to the Low German language. With a bit of imagination, I can understand simple statements made by a Flemish or Dutch person. Apart from the fact that as a German paratrooper I know the lyrics of the German soldier's song, I could also understand the Flemish words. Ich hatt' einen Kameraden - Ik had een wapenbroeder kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH7NfYKhhbp0eKs

[@PatRick-zi3ok]

is that in Vienna? its so dark and gloomy

[@rivenoak]

should be Wiener Neustadt btw. the city's foundation was funded with the famous ransom for Richard I. Lionheart centuries ago; english youtubers might be interested in that morsel of info :)

[@douglasharley2440]

lol, it was literally hundreds of years before humans understood electricity...don't know if you've noticed, candles don't give off much light.

[@Magdalenkaization]

Was it possible then for a woman to act as a messenger?

[@Lily1127channel]

I don't think so. Or only with a male escort of several men.

[@acdragonrider]

Lili1127 yeah that didn’t make sense. But it was funny nevertheless

[@ajvanmarle]

If she had an escort, yes. Women had been used as emissaries in the middle ages. But she'd never travel alone. That would be suicide. She'd have at least one maid and a unit of soldiers with her. Here she only had two guards. For such a long trip, that seems unlikely. Another problem is that she gets access to Maximilian way to easy. "I want to talk to the son of the Emperor." "Why?" "Oh, I got a message for him." "Sure, go right in." People of high rank were not that accessible. I like that she sits astride, though. The sidesaddles at that time were extremely unsafe. If a woman wanted to travel fast, she'd sit astride in a normal saddle.

[@lockeloeckchen]

The guards are arrested by the merchants. Alone is the only way.

[@rivenoak]

@@ajvanmarle "a message *from Mary of Burgundy* " was the magic phrase, i guess :)

[@lateviamincey]

I love this scene but can someone please explain why Mary ask Johanna to sniff him? I’m sorry if it’s obvious, I don’t understand.

[@ajvanmarle]

Earlier in the series, there is a scene where she repeats gossip about the Austrian court. The idea was that they were filthy barbarians that never bathed. Whether such an image of Eastern Europeans really existed in the West is dubious, but it made for good drama.

[@lateviamincey]

@@ajvanmarle thank you so much for taking the time to explain

[@acdragonrider]

2:38: stinken 😂