1517 in literature
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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1517.
Events
- August 6 – Belarusian printer Francysk Skaryna in Prague begins publishing The Psalter, a Bible translation into the Ruthenian language.
Uncertain dates
- John of Hauville's Architrenius (c. 1184), a widely read Latin poem in 4,361 hexameters in nine books, is first printed by Jodocus Badius in Paris.[1]
- Niccolò Machiavelli writes L'asino (The [Golden] Ass) and (at about this date) the comedy Andria, adapted from Terence.
New books
Prose
- Martin Luther – Ninety-five Theses (in Latin: Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum)
Drama
Poetry
- Teofilo Folengo (as "Merlin Cocaio") – Opus Maccaronicum, including "Baldo" (satiric verses blending Latin and Italian dialects in hexameters)[2]
- John Skelton – The Tunnynge of Elynour Rummyng[2][3]
Births
- July 25 – Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French humanist poet and mathematician (died 1582)
Uncertain dates
- Robert Crowley, English printer, poet, polemicist and Protestant clergyman (died 1588)
- Henry Howard, English nobleman and poet (died 1547)
Deaths
- August – Andrea Ammonio, Italian, Latin-language poet (sweating sickness, born 1478)[4]
References
- ^ "Review of Architrenius by Johannes de Hauvilla, translation by Walter Weatherbee". The Review of English Studies. 48 (189). Oxford University Press: 79. 1997. Archived from the original on 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ a b Kurian, George Thomas (2003). Timetables of World Literature. New York: Facts on File Inc. ISBN 0-8160-4197-0.
- ^ Trager, James (1979). The People's Chronology. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
- ^ "Tra Medioevo en rinascimento". Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-14.