1517 in literature

Events

• August 6 – Belarusian printer Francysk Skaryna in Prague begins publishing The Psalter, a Bible translation into the Ruthenian language.
• unknown 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.
  • Niccolò Machiavelli writes L'asino 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

• Gil Vicente – A Trilogia das Barcas; part 1, Auto da Barca do Inferno

Poetry

Main article: 1517 in poetry

• Teofilo Folengo (as "Merlin Cocaio") – Opus Maccaronicum, including "Baldo" (satiric verses blending Latin and Italian dialects in hexameters)
• John Skelton – The Tunnynge of Elynour Rummyng

Births

• June 29 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish botanist (died 1585)
• July 25 – Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French humanist poet and mathematician (died 1582)
• unknown date – Robert Crowley, English printer, poet, polemicist and Protestant clergyman (died 1588)
• probable – Henry Howard, English nobleman and poet (died 1547)

Deaths

• June 19 – Luca Pacioli, Italian mathematician, second person to publish a work on the double-entry system of book-keeping (born c.1447)
• August – Andrea Ammonio, Italian, Latin-language poet (sweating sickness; born 1478)

References

References

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10. Walter William Rouse Ball. (1893). "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics". Macmillan.
11. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. (17 November 2013). "Delphi Complete Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (Illustrated)". Delphi Classics.
12. (1989). "Italian Journal". Italian Academy Foundation.
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