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Intrigue and Love has as its dominant motif the conflict between the middle-classes and the nobility in middle-class pride and aristocratic snobbery, with universal humanity at its centre, charged with open political grievances. In it, individual interests, subjective feelings and the demand for freedom from a class-ridden society's constraints ...
He was raised in the royal household and received an education in literature, the sciences, and languages. Ferdinand was a good student and grew up to be a patron of the arts and a patron of scholars at his court. [13] The prince did not learn German until he was a young adult. Music played an important part in his childhood.
Ferdinand I (Spanish: Fernando I; 27 November 1380 – 2 April 1416 in Igualada, Òdena) named Ferdinand of Antequera and also the Just (or the Honest) was king of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and (nominal) Corsica and king of Sicily, duke (nominal) of Athens and Neopatria, and count of Barcelona, Roussillon and Cerdanya (1412–1416).
Ferdinand I of León, the Great (ca. 1000–1065, king from 1037) Ferdinand I of Portugal and the Algarve, the Handsome (1345–1383, king from 1367) Ferdinand I of Aragon and Sicily, of Antequera (1379–1416, king from 1412) Fernando I, Duke of Braganza (1403–1478) Ferdinand I of Naples (ca. 1424–1494, king from 1458)
Although the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, had originally intended to attend this meeting, commitments in the rest of his territories forced him to cancel his visit. Instead, the Diet was held under Archduke Ferdinand I of Austria in the name of his older brother, the Emperor. Ferdinand was instructed to bring both sides together. [3]
Ferdinand the Bull, a mild-mannered bull in the children's book The Story of Ferdinand; Ferdinand the Bull, mascot of the Taranaki Rugby Football Union team; Ferdinand, a character from the television series Thomas & Friends; Dr. Ferdinand, a character from the manga Steel Ball Run; Ferdinand, a character from the action-adventure game L.A. Noire
The Story of Ferdinand (1936) is the best-known work by the American author Munro Leaf. Illustrated by Robert Lawson, the children's book tells the story of a bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in bullfights. He sits in the middle of the bull ring failing to take heed of any of the provocations of the matador and others to fight.
The novel was adapted as a 2002 film of the same name under Star Cinema, directed by Chito S. Roño, and with a screenplay by Lualhati Bautista.The film starred Vilma Santos and Christopher de Leon with Piolo Pascual, Carlos Agassi, Marvin Agustin, Danilo Barrios, John Wayne Sace, and Kris Aquino. [2]