1525 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1525.
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Events
- Il Petrarco, Allesandro Vellutello's edition of Petrarch first appears. It will be reprinted 29 times in this century.[1]
- The anonymous early 14th-century poem King Alexander is first printed.[2]
- William Tyndale's New Testament translation into English is made, but printing in Cologne is interrupted by anti-Lutheran forces. (Copies reach England in 1526.)
- The Laurentian Library in Florence is designed by Michelangelo.
New books
Prose
- Pietro Bembo – Prose nelle quali si ragiona della volgar lingua (Prose della volgar lingua)
- Albrecht Dürer – Underweysung der Messung mit dem Zirckel und Richtscheyt (literally, "Instructions for Measuring with Compass and Ruler"; also known as The Four Books on Measurement or The Painter's Manual)
- Francesco Giorgi – De harmonia mundi totius
- Martin Luther – On the Bondage of the Will (De Servo Arbitrio)
- Paracelsus – De septem puncti idolotriae christianae (On the Seven Points of Christian Idolatry)
- Antonio Pigafetta – Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo (Report on the First Voyage Around the World; partial publication in Paris)
- The Twelve Articles: The Just and Fundamental Articles of All the Peasantry and Tenants of Spiritual and Temporal Powers by Whom They Think Themselves Oppressed
Drama
- Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I – Der Ablasskrämer
- Niccolò Machiavelli – Clizia
Poetry
Births
- March 25 – Richard Edwardes, English choral singer, poet and playwright (died 1566)
- Pir Roshan (بايزيد انصاري), Pashtun warrior poet (died 1582/5)
- Jan van Casembroot, Flemish noble and poet (died 1568)
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- Hans Wilhelm Kirchhof, German Landsknecht, baroque poet and translator (died c.1602)
- Louise Labé, French poet (died 1566)
Deaths
- May 27 – Thomas Müntzer, German Protestant theologian, radical economist and poet (born c.1489) (executed)
- approximate year – Jean Lemaire de Belges, Walloon poet and historian resident in France (born c.1473)[3]
References
- Kennedy, William J. (1999). "Petrarchan poetics". In Kennedy, George Alexander; et al. (eds.). The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism. 3. Cambridge University Press. p. 114. ISBN 0-521-30008-8. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
- A Contribution to the Study Of Jean Lemaire De Belges. Slatkine. p. 83.
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