15th century in literature
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15th century in poetry
-Works:* Per Raff Lille, Mariaviser , Denmark* Stora rimkronikan , Sweden* 1402–1403 – Christine de Pisan, Le Livre du chemin de long estude, describing a trial of the faults of this world in the "Court of Reason"* 1403 – Christine de Pisan, La Mutacion de Fortune -Europe:* Per Raff...
, 14th century in literature
14th century in literature
See also: 14th century in poetry, 13th century in literature, other events of the 14th century, 15th century in literature, list of years in literature.-Events:*c.1330 - Production of the Macclesfield Psalter.*1331 - Production of the Nuremberg Mahzor....
, other events of the 15th century
15th century
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was the century which lasted from 1401 to 1500.Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, falls to emerging Ottoman Turks, forcing Western Europeans to find a new trade route....
, 16th century in literature
16th century in literature
See also: 16th century in poetry, 15th century in literature, other events of the 16th century, 17th century in literature, list of years in literature.-Events:1508...
, list of years in literature.
Events
- 1403 - The Yongle EncyclopediaYongle EncyclopediaThe Yongle Encyclopedia was a Chinese compilation of information commissioned by the Chinese Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle in 1403 and completed by 1408...
is commissioned in ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. - 1454 - Johann Gutenberg prints the Gutenberg BibleGutenberg BibleThe Gutenberg Bible was the first major book printed with a movable type printing press, and marked the start of the "Gutenberg Revolution" and the age of the printed book. Widely praised for its high aesthetic and artistic qualities, the book has an iconic status...
- 1478 - The Ranworth AntiphonerRanworth AntiphonerThe Ranworth Antiphoner is a 15th-century illuminated antiphoner. It was used at St. Helen's Church, Ranworth prior to the Reformation. It disappeared for about 300 years. In the 1850s it was in the collection of Henry Huth. Its provenance was not appreciated until 1912, when it was offered for sale...
is presented to St Helen's Church, RanworthRanworthRanworth is a village in Norfolk, England in The Broads, adjacent to Malthouse Broad and Ranworth Broad.-Church of St Helen:The 14th century St. Helen's church has a fine 15th century painted rood screen and a rare Antiphoner. It is a Grade I listed building From the top of Ranworth church's 100...
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New books and first printings of older books
- 1405
- Christine de PizanChristine de PizanChristine de Pizan was a Venetian-born late medieval author who challenged misogyny and stereotypes prevalent in the male-dominated medieval culture. As a poet, she was well known and highly regarded in her own day; she completed 41 works during her 30 year career , and can be regarded as...
- Le Livre de la Cité des DamesThe Book of the City of Ladiesthumb|400px|right|Picture from The Book of the City of LadiesThe Book of the City of Ladies , or Le Livre de la Cité des Dames, is perhaps Christine de Pizan's most famous literary work, and it is her second work of lengthy prose. Pizan uses the vernacular French language to compose the book, but...
- Christine de Pizan
- 1410
- Thomas OccleveThomas OccleveThomas Hoccleve or Occleve was an English poet and clerk.-Biography:Hoccleve is thought to have been born in 1368/9 as he states when writing in 1421/2 Thomas Hoccleve or Occleve (c. 1368–1426) was an English poet and clerk.-Biography:Hoccleve is thought to have been born in 1368/9 as he...
- The Regement of Princes
- Thomas Occleve
- 1413
- Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of YorkEdward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of YorkSir Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, 2nd Earl of Cambridge, Earl of Rutland, Earl of Cork, Duke of Aumale KG was a member of the English royal family who died at the Battle of Agincourt....
- The Master of GameThe Master of GameThe Master of Game is a medieval book on hunting written by Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, between 1406 and 1413, of which 27 manuscripts survive. It is considered to be the oldest English-language book on hunting...
- Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York
- 1420
- John LydgateJohn LydgateJohn Lydgate of Bury was a monk and poet, born in Lidgate, Suffolk, England.Lydgate is at once a greater and a lesser poet than John Gower. He is a greater poet because of his greater range and force; he has a much more powerful machine at his command. The sheer bulk of Lydgate's poetic output is...
- The Siege of Thebes
- John Lydgate
- 1429
- Leone Battista AlbertiLeone Battista AlbertiLeon Battista Alberti was an Italian author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, cryptographer and general Renaissance humanist polymath...
- Amator
- Leone Battista Alberti
- 1434
- Treatise on the Barbarian Kingdoms on the Western Oceans (China).
- 1436
- The Marvels discovered by the boat bound for the Galaxy (China).
- 1450
- Reginald PecockReginald PecockReginald Pecock was an English prelate, Scholastic, and writer.-Life:Pecock was probably born in Wales, and was educated at Oriel College, Oxford....
- Represser of over-much weeting [blaming] of the Clergie
- Reginald Pecock
- 1453
- Antoine de la SaleAntoine de la SaleAntoine de la Sale or la Salle was a French writer.-Family and Early Years:He was born in Provence, probably at Arles, the illegitimate son of Bernardon de la Salle, a celebrated Gascon mercenary, mentioned in Froissart's Chronicles. His mother was a peasant, Perrinette Damendel.-At the Court of...
- Petit Jehan de Saintre
- Antoine de la Sale
- 1461
- François VillonFrançois VillonFrançois Villon was a French poet, thief, and vagabond. He is perhaps best known for his Testaments and his Ballade des Pendus, written while in prison...
- Grand Testament
- François Villon
- 1473
- Sir John FortescueJohn Fortescuethumb|right|John FortescueSir John Fortescue was an English lawyer, and the author of the De laudibus legum Angliae, an influential treatise on English law.-Early life:...
- The Governaunce of England
- Sir John Fortescue
- 1477
- History of Jason, a translation from the French of Raoul Le Fèvre by William CaxtonWilliam CaxtonWilliam Caxton was an English merchant, diplomat, writer and printer. As far as is known, he was the first English person to work as a printer and the first to introduce a printing press into England...
, begins large printed book publication in England, in or about this year; in the previous two years Caxton has been publishing English books from BrugesBrugesBruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country.... - Bible in duytsche ("Delft Bible")
- History of Jason, a translation from the French of Raoul Le Fèvre by William Caxton
- 1479
- Rodolphus AgricolaRodolphus AgricolaRodolphus Agricola was a pre-Erasmian humanist of the northern Low Countries, famous for his supple Latin and one of the first north of the Alps to know Greek well...
- De inventione dialectica
- Rodolphus Agricola
- 1482
- Mosen Diego de Valera - Crónica abreviada de España ("Crónica Valeriana")
- 1485
- Joseph AlboJoseph AlboJoseph Albo was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who lived in Spain during the fifteenth century, known chiefly as the author of Sefer ha-Ikkarim , the classic work on the fundamentals of Judaism.-Early life:Albo's birthplace is generally assumed to be Monreal, a town in Aragon...
- Sefer ha-Ikkarim (written before 1444) - Sir Thomas MaloryThomas MalorySir Thomas Malory was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur. The antiquary John Leland as well as John Bale believed him to be Welsh, but most modern scholars, beginning with G. L...
- Le Morte d'ArthurLe Morte d'ArthurLe Morte d'Arthur is a compilation by Sir Thomas Malory of Romance tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table...
- Joseph Albo
- 1486
- Dame Juliana BernersJuliana BernersJuliana Berners , English writer on heraldry, hawking and hunting, is said to have been prioress of Sopwell nunnery near St Albans...
- The Boke of Saint AlbansThe Book of Saint AlbansThe Book of Saint Albans or The Boke of Saint Albans was the last of 8 books printed by the St Albans Press in England in 1486.It contains three essays, on hawking, hunting, and heraldry... - Giovanni Pico della MirandolaGiovanni Pico della MirandolaCount Giovanni Pico della Mirandola was an Italian Renaissance philosopher. He is famed for the events of 1486, when at the age of 23, he proposed to defend 900 theses on religion, philosophy, natural philosophy and magic against all comers, for which he wrote the famous Oration on the Dignity of...
- De hominis dignitateOration on the Dignity of ManThe Oration on the Dignity of Man is a famous public discourse pronounced in 1486 by Pico della Mirandola, a philosopher of the Renaissance. It has been called the "Manifesto of the Renaissance"....
- Dame Juliana Berners
- 1487
- Niccolò da Correggio - Fabula di Cefalo
- 1489
- Marsilio FicinoMarsilio FicinoMarsilio Ficino was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance, an astrologer, a reviver of Neoplatonism who was in touch with every major academic thinker and writer of his day, and the first translator of Plato's complete extant works into Latin...
- De vita libri tresDe vita libri tresThe De vita libri tres or Three Books on Life was written in the years 1480-1489 by Italian Platonist Marsilio Ficino. It was first circulated in manuscript form and then published in 1489...
(Three Books on Life)
- Marsilio Ficino
- 1490
- Joanot MartorellJoanot MartorellJoanot Martorell was a Valencian knight and the author of the novel Tirant lo Blanch, which is written in Valencian...
and Martí Joan de GalbaMartí Joan de GalbaMartí Joan de Galba was co-author of the famous Valencian epic Tirant lo Blanc, which he helped finish during and after the death of his friend, the main author of the work, Joanot Martorell. David H...
- Tirant lo BlancTirant lo BlancTirant lo Blanch or Tirant lo Blanc is a romance written by the Valencian knight Joanot Martorell and published in Valencia in 1490. The title means "Tirant the White" and is the name of the main character in the romance...
- Joanot Martorell
- 1493
- Giuliano Dati - Lettera delle isole novamente trovata, a translation into verse of a letter from Christopher ColumbusChristopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
to Ferdinand of SpainFerdinand II of AragonFerdinand the Catholic was King of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia, Sardinia, and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, jure uxoris King of Castile and then regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of...
, regarding Columbus' first exploratory voyage across the Atlantic in 1492
- Giuliano Dati - Lettera delle isole novamente trovata, a translation into verse of a letter from Christopher Columbus
- 1496
- Isaac AbrabanelIsaac AbrabanelIsaac ben Judah Abrabanel, , commonly referred to just as Abarbanel, was a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier.-Biography:...
- Ma'yene ha-Yeshu'ah
- Isaac Abrabanel
- 1498
- Polydore VergilPolydore VergilPolydore Vergil was an Italian historian, otherwise known as PV Castellensis. He is better known as the contemporary historian during the early Tudor dynasty. He was hired by King Henry VIII of England, who wanted to distance himself from his father Henry VII as much as possible, to document...
- Adagia
- Polydore Vergil
- 1499
- Thomas of Erfurt (mistakenly ascribed to Duns Scotus) - De Modis Significandi printed (written in early 14th century)
- Niccolò MachiavelliNiccolò MachiavelliNiccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He is one of the main founders of modern political science. He was a diplomat, political philosopher, playwright, and a civil servant of the Florentine Republic...
- Discorso sopra le cose di Pisa - Fernando de RojasFernando de RojasFernando de Rojas was a Spanish author about whom little information is known. He possibly attended the University of Salamanca. Although his family was of Jewish ancestry, they were conversos, or Jews who had converted to Christianity under pressure from the Spanish crown...
- Comedia de Calisto y Melibea, better known as La CelestinaLa CelestinaLa Celestina , actually called Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea or Comedia de Calisto y Melibea, in English Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea), is a work composed entirely in dialogue published by Fernando de Rojas in 1499... - Polydore VergilPolydore VergilPolydore Vergil was an Italian historian, otherwise known as PV Castellensis. He is better known as the contemporary historian during the early Tudor dynasty. He was hired by King Henry VIII of England, who wanted to distance himself from his father Henry VII as much as possible, to document...
- De inventoribus rerum
Births
- 1406 - Matteo PalmieriMatteo PalmieriMatteo di Marco Palmieri was a Florentine humanist and historian who is best known for his work Della vita civile which advocated civic humanism, and his influence in refining the Tuscan vernacular to the same level as Latin. He was sent as Florentine ambassador to the court of Alfonso of Naples...
, Florentine humanist and historian (d. 1475) - 1413 - Giosafat BarbaroGiosafat BarbaroGiosafat Barbaro was a member of the Venetian Barbaro family. He was a diplomat, merchant, explorer and travel writer. He was unusually well-travelled for someone of his times.-Family:...
(d.1494) - 1453 - Ermolao BarbaroErmolao BarbaroErmolao or Hermolao Barbaro, also Hermolaus Barbarus , was an Italian Renaissance scholar.-Education:Ermolao Barbaro was born in Venice, the son of Zaccaria Barbaro, and the grandson of Francesco Barbaro...
(d. 1493) - c. 14601460s-Significant people:* Charles I , Duke of Burgundy, r. 1467–1477* Jean Fouquet of France , painter* Francis II , Duke of Brittany, r...
- John SkeltonJohn SkeltonJohn Skelton, also known as John Shelton , possibly born in Diss, Norfolk, was an English poet.-Education:...
(d. 1529), English poet - 1485 - Hanibal LucićHanibal LucicHanibal Lucić or Annibale Lucio was a Croatian Renaissance poet and playwright.- Biography :He was born to a Croatian noble family of Antun and Goja in Hvar, where he spent most of his life. Early in his youth, he was a judge and later became a lawyer of the Hvar municipality...
, Croatian poet and playwright (d. 15531553 in literature-New drama:* – Gammer Gurton's Needle and Ralph Roister Doister, the first comedies written in the English language*António Ferreira - Bristo-Births:*October 8 - Jacques Auguste de Thou, historian *date unknown...
)
Deaths
- c. 1426 - John AudelayJohn AudelayJohn Audelay or Awdelay was a priest and poet from Haughmond Abbey in Shropshire; he is one of the few English poets of the period whose name is known to us. Some of the first Christmas carols recorded in English appear among his works....
- 1451 - John LydgateJohn LydgateJohn Lydgate of Bury was a monk and poet, born in Lidgate, Suffolk, England.Lydgate is at once a greater and a lesser poet than John Gower. He is a greater poet because of his greater range and force; he has a much more powerful machine at his command. The sheer bulk of Lydgate's poetic output is...
- 1454 - Francesco BarbaroFrancesco BarbaroFrancesco Barbaro was an Italian politician, diplomat, and humanist from Venice, a member of the patrician Barbaro family. He is interred in the Church of the Frari, Venice.- Family :...
- 1471 - Sir Thomas MaloryThomas MalorySir Thomas Malory was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur. The antiquary John Leland as well as John Bale believed him to be Welsh, but most modern scholars, beginning with G. L...
- 1475 - Matteo PalmieriMatteo PalmieriMatteo di Marco Palmieri was a Florentine humanist and historian who is best known for his work Della vita civile which advocated civic humanism, and his influence in refining the Tuscan vernacular to the same level as Latin. He was sent as Florentine ambassador to the court of Alfonso of Naples...
- 1486 - Margareta ClausdotterMargareta ClausdotterMargareta Clausdotter was a nun and was, from 1473 until her death, abbess of the Bridgettine Abbey of Vadstena.Margareta, who is said to have been from Söderköping, Sweden, and probably born in a family of German origin, participated in the process to get Saint Bridget's daughter Catherine...
- c. 1490 - Lewys Glyn CothiLewys Glyn CothiLewys Glyn Cothi , also known as Llywelyn y Glyn, was a prominent Welsh poet who composed numerous poems in the Welsh language. He is one of the most important representatives of the Beirdd yr Uchelwyr or Cywyddwyr , the itinerant professional poets of the period between the 1284 Statute of...
- 1493 - Ermolao BarbaroErmolao BarbaroErmolao or Hermolao Barbaro, also Hermolaus Barbarus , was an Italian Renaissance scholar.-Education:Ermolao Barbaro was born in Venice, the son of Zaccaria Barbaro, and the grandson of Francesco Barbaro...
(b. 1453) - 1494 - Giosafat BarbaroGiosafat BarbaroGiosafat Barbaro was a member of the Venetian Barbaro family. He was a diplomat, merchant, explorer and travel writer. He was unusually well-travelled for someone of his times.-Family:...
(b. 1413)
See also
- 15th century in poetry15th century in poetry-Works:* Per Raff Lille, Mariaviser , Denmark* Stora rimkronikan , Sweden* 1402–1403 – Christine de Pisan, Le Livre du chemin de long estude, describing a trial of the faults of this world in the "Court of Reason"* 1403 – Christine de Pisan, La Mutacion de Fortune -Europe:* Per Raff...
- Chaucer's influence on fifteenth-century Scottish literature