what was the lifestyle of the king in fontainebleau? >> it may come as a surprise, but during the renaissance punto, the french court -- the renaissance period like a french court were nomadic. there time came to stop, was no property nearby. the king would sleep under a tent. if this -- this ballroom gives us a great sense of the renaissance parties held here. banquets. food played an important role, as did music and theater. >> when we went to the king's gallery, we saw the emblem of a salamander. can you tell us about that emblematic of >> all the renaissance kings had an emblem. some even had more than one. for francis, the salamander had special meaning. that a mythical animal captured the imagination because it is supposed to be able to survive in fire, even to feed off flames and put them out. that is what makes the salamander a very potent symbol, that the king associates with "i nourish and extinguish," a motto. >> going to the notion of extinction of the salamander, there was an edict written here in fontainebleau on the perse

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