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Encyclopedia > Bernardim Ribeiro

Bernardim Ribeiro (1482 - 1552) was a Portuguese poet and writer. His father, Damio Ribeiro, was implicated in the conspiracy against John II of Portugal. Events Portuguese fortify Fort Elmina on the Gold Coast Tizoc rules the Aztecs Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to sail up the Congo. ... Events April - War between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun. ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... João II of Portugal (English: John II), the Perfect Prince (Port. ...


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Bernardim Ribeiro - LoveToKnow 1911 (767 words)
BERNARDIM RIBEIRO (1482-1552), the father of bucolic prose and verse in Portugal, was a native of Torrao in the Alemtejo.
Ribeiro accompanied her, and through her influence the king took him under his protection and sent him to the university of Lisbon, where he studied from 1506 to 1512.
Ribeiro had early conceived a violent passion for his cousin, D. Joanna Zagalo, the daughter of his protectress, D. Ignez; but, though she seems to have returned it, her family opposed her marriage to a singer and dreamer with small means and prospects, and finally compelled her to wed a rich man, one Pero Gato.
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