CHRISTOVAO DE See also:

• SOUSA, LUIZ DE

SOUSA See also:

• CHRISTOVAO DE SOUSA FALCAO (? 1512-1557)

FALCAO (? 1512-1557)  , Portuguese poet, came of a See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• FAMILY

family settled at See also:

• PORTALEGRE

Portalegre in the See also:

• ALEMTEJO (i.e. " Beyond the Tagus ")

Alemtejo, which had originated with See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• FALCON
• FALCON (Lat. Falco;' Fr. Faucon; Teutonic, Falk or Valken)

Falcon or See also:

• FALCONET, TIENNE MAURICE (1716-1791)

Falconet, one of the Englishmen who went to See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal in 1386 in the See also:

• SUITE (Suite de pieces; Ordre; Partita)

suite of Philippa of See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster . His See also:

• FATHER

father, Joao Vaz de Almada See also:

• FALCAO, CHRISTOVAO DE SOUSA (? 1512-1557)

Falcao, was an upright public servant who had held the captaincy of See also:

• ELMINA

Elmina on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• AFRICAN

African See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, but died, as he had lived, a poar See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man . There is a tradition that in boyhood Christovao See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell in love with a beautiful See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child and See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich heiress, D . Maria Brandao, and in 1526 married her clandestinely, but parental opposition prevented the ratification of the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage . Family See also:

• PRIDE, THOMAS (d. 1658)

pride, it is said, drove the father of Christovao to keep his son under strict surveillance in his own See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house for five years, while the See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady's parents, objecting to the youth's small means, put her into the Cistercian See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of Lorvao, and there endeavoured to wean her See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart from him by the See also:

• ACCUSATION (Lat. accusatio, accusare, to challenge to a causa, a suit or trial at law)

accusation that he coveted her See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune more than her See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person . Their arguments and the promise of a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good match ultimately prevailed, and in 1534 D . Maria See also:

• LEFT

left the convent to marry D . Luis de See also:

• SILVA, ANTONIO JOSE DA (1705–1739)

Silva, See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of See also:

• TANGIER (locally TANJAH)

Tangier, while the broken-hearted Christovao told his sad See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story in some beautiful lyrics and particularly in the See also:

• ECLOGUE

eclogue Chrisfal . He had been the See also:

• DISCIPLE

disciple and friend of the poets Bernardim See also:

• RIBEIRO, BERNARDIM (1482-1552)

Ribeiro and SA de See also:

• MIRANDA, FRANCESCO (c. 1754-1816)

Miranda, and when his See also:

• GREAT

great disappointment came, Falcao laid aside See also:

• POETRY

poetry and entered on a See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic career . There is documentary See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence that he was employed at the Portuguese See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy See also:

• ILL

ill See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in 1542, but he soon returned to Portugal, and we find him at See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court again in 1548 and 1551 . The date of his See also:

• DEATH

death, as of his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, is uncertain . Such is the story accepted by Dr Theophilo See also:

• BRAGA

Braga, the historian of Portuguese literature, but Senhor See also:

• GUIMARAES (sometimes written Guimaraens)

Guimaraes shows that the first See also:

• PART

part is doubtful, and, putting aside the testimony of a contemporary and See also:

• GRAVE

grave writer, Diogo do Couto, he even denies the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of poet to Christovao Falcao, arguing from See also:

• INTERNAL

internal and other evidence that Chrisfal is the See also:

• WORK

work of Bernardim Ribeiro; his destructive See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism is, however, stronger than his constructive work .

The eclogue, with its 104 verses, is the very poem of saudade, and its See also:

• SIMPLE

simple, See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and chaste and See also:

• TENDER

tender feeling, enshrined in exquisitely See also:

• SOUNDING (for derivation see SOUND above)

sounding verses, has won for its author lasting fame and a unique position in Portuguese literature . Its See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on later poets has been very considerable, and See also:

• CAMOENS [CAMOES], LUIS VAZ DE (1524-1580)

Camoens used several of the verses as See also:

• PROVERBS, BOOK OF (Heb. Mishle Slzelomoh, " Proverbs of Solomon," abridged by the later Jews to Mishle; Septuagint, irapotpiai or II. EaX.; Lat. Vulg. Parabolae sal. and Liber proverbiorum)

proverbs . The poetical See also:

• WORKS

works of Christovao Falcao were published anonymously, owing, it is supposed, to their See also:

• PERSONAL

personal nature and allusions, and, in part or in whole, they have been often reprinted . There is a See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical edition of Chrisfal and a Carta (See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter) by A . Epiphanio da Silva Dias under the title Obras de Christov¢o Falco (See also:

• OPORTO (i.e. o Porto, " the port ")

Oporto, 1893), and one of the Cantigas and Esparsas by the same See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar appeared in the Revista Lusitana, vol . 4, pp . 142-179 (See also:

• LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon, 1896), under the name Fragmento de um Cancioneiro do Seculo X VI . See Bernardim Ribeiro e o Bucolismo, by Dr T . Braga (Oporto, 1897), and Bernardim Ribeiro (0 Poeta Crisfal), by Delfim Guimaraes (Lisbon, 1908) . (E .