1526 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1526.
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Events
- Spring – The first complete printed translation of the New Testament into English, by William Tyndale, arrives in England from Germany, printing having been completed in Worms by Peter Schöffer the younger, with other copies being printed in Amsterdam.[1] In October, Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London, attempts to collect all the copies in his diocese and burn them.
- The New Testament is translated into Swedish, as the first such official translation, made by Olaus Petri under royal patronage.
- The first complete Dutch-language translation of the Bible is printed by Jacob van Liesvelt in Antwerp.
- An edition of the Bible, Biblia Sacra, is printed by Yolande Bonhomme in Paris, the first to be printed by a woman.
- The Bibliotheca Corviniana in Ofen is destroyed by troops of the Ottoman Empire.[2]
New books
Prose
- A Hundred Merry Tales (A C. Mary Talys, printed by John Rastell and perhaps compiled by John Heywood)
- Martin Luther – The Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ – Against the Fanatics (Sakrament des Leibes and Blutes Christi wider die Schwarmgeister)
- William Tyndale – New Testament Bible translation, part of the Tyndale Bible
Drama
- Niccolò Machiavelli – The Mandrake (La Mandragola, first performance)
Poetry
- Teofilo Folengo (as "Limerno Pitocco da Mantova") – Orlandino
- Jacopo Sannazaro[3]
- De Partu Virginis
- Piscatoria
- Shin Maha Rahtathara – Kogan Pyo[4]
Births
Deaths
- Uncertain date – Jean Marot, French poet (born c. 1450)
References
- Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- Szegedi, Edit (2002). Geschichtsbewusstsein und Gruppenidentität. Bohlau Verlag. p. 223.
- Bondanella, Peter; Bondanella, Julia Conaway, eds. (1979). Dictionary of Italian Literature. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
- Kurian, George Thomas (2003). Timetables of World Literature. New York: Facts on File Inc. ISBN 0-8160-4197-0.
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