1500 in literature
This article lists literary events and publications of 1500.
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Events
- December 31 – This is the generally accepted date for the end of incunables.
- unknown date – John Skelton, tutor to Prince Henry (second son of King Henry VII of England, is referred to as "unum Britannicarum literarum lumen ac decus" in De Laudibus Britanniae, a Latin ode by Desiderius Erasmus, .[1]
New books
Prose
- This is the Boke of Cokery (first known printed cookbook in English)
- Hieronymus Brunschwygk – Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus (Simple book on the art of distillation)
- Desiderius Erasmus – Adagia (Paris)
Approximate year
- Johannes Trithemius – Steganographia (Hidden writing)
Drama
Approximate year
- The Wakefield Master – Second Shepherds' Play
Poetry
- Beves of Hamtoun (approximate publication date, written c. 1300)[2]
- Geoffrey Chaucer (anonymously) – Mars and Venus (approximate date of publication)[2]
- Singiraja – Maha Basavaraja Charitra
Births
- April 12 – Joachim Camerarius (the Elder), German classical scholar (died 1574)
- April 23
- Alexander Ales, Scottish-born religious controversialist (died 1565)
- Johann Stumpf, Swiss historical and topographical writer (died 1576)
- December 6 – Nicolaus Mameranus, Luxembourg soldier and Latin-language historian and poet (died c. 1567)
Uncertain dates
- Erasmus Alberus, German humanist, reformer and poet (died 1553)
- Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz, Greek kabbalist and poet (died 1580)
- Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist (died 1582)
- Francisco de Moraes, Portuguese writer (died 1572)
- Hayâlî, Ottoman Turkish poet (died 1557)
- Nikolaus Herman, German hymnist (died 1561)
- Pier Angelo Manzolli (Marcello Palingenio Stellato), Neapolitan Christian humanist poet (died before 1551)
- Ludovico Pasquali, Dalmatian Italian poet (died 1551)
Deaths
- April 10 – Michael Tarchaniota Marullus, Greek scholar, poet and soldier (born c. 1453; drowned)[3]
- June 23 – Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet, philosopher, courtier and magician (born 1447)[4]
Uncertain date
- Janus Plousiadenos, Greek Renaissance scholar and hymn-writer (born c. 1429)
Probable year
- Stefano Infessura, Italian humanist writer (born c. 1435)
References
- "John Skelton". The Cambridge History of English and American Literature. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
- Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- Titus Lucretius Carus (1864). Titi Lucreti Cari De Rerum Natura Libri Sex: With a translation and notes. Bell. p. 6.
- Wouter J. Hanegraaff and Ruud M. Bouthoorn, Lodovico Lazzarelli (1447-1500): The Hermetic Writings and Related Documents, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Tempe 2005.
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