Three Swords and a Rose

“Apart from Sindala and Floris, all the characters are based on historical figures.”

When Paul Verhoeven directed the T.V. series ‘Floris’ he did not know his surname ‘Rosemondt’ belonged to a famous theologian, Gottschalk Rosemondt who was a good friend of Pope Adrien, and, defended Erasmus against a leader of the Dutch Inquisition. Rosemondt may have also tutored the Habsburgs, who may have build the ‘Falcon’ Art College, the first institution dedicated to the arts. Then there is the connection of the Swan Brethren and Hieronymus Bosch. Erasmus speaks of the cardinal of Sion, and numerous orders in a letter to Rosemond, who signs his name with a picture of a rose + mondt.

Paul Verhoeven directed ‘The Sword and the Rose’ a movie that employed unused scene from Floris, and changed the title to ‘Flesh and Blood’ because Walt Disney made a movie ‘The Sword and the Rose’.  Katherine…