1520 in literature

Events

• unknown dates
  • Scholars at Complutense University, Alcalá de Henares, under the direction of Diego Lopez de Zúñiga, complete the Complutensian Polyglot Bible.
  • Ulrich von Hutten's satirical poem Aufwecker der teutschen Nation (Awakener of the German Nation) is published – his earliest work in German.

New books

Prose

• Hochstratus Ovans
• Martin Luther
  • To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (An den christlichen Adel deutscher Nation)
  • On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (De captivitate Babylonica ecclesiae praeludium)
  • On the Freedom of a Christian
• Niccolò Machiavelli – Discourse on Reforming the Government of Florence (Discorso sopra il riformare lo stato di Firenze)
• Shin Maha Thilawuntha – Yazawin Kyaw (Burmese), supplement
• Ruyijun zhuan (claimed completion date)

Drama

• John Heywood – Johan Johan The Husband
• Approximate year – Niccolò Machiavelli: Andria

Poetry

Main article: 1520 in poetry

• Robert Copland – (published in London by Wynkyn de Worde)
• Terence (translated) – Terens in Englysh (published in Paris)
• Approximate year
  • John Lydgate – Testament
  • Alexander the Great
  • The Squire of Low Degree (written c. 1500; published in London by Wynkyn de Worde)

Births

• March 3 – Matthias Flacius, German Lutheran theologian (died 1575)
• unknown date
  • François Baudouin, French humanist historian (died 1573)
  • Natalis Comes, Italian mythologist, poet and historian (died 1582)
  • Denis Lambin, French classicist (died 1572)
• probable
  • Hernando de Acuña, Spanish poet (died 1580)
  • Giovanni Bona de Boliris, Italian humanist, poet and writer, writing in Latin and Italian (died 1572)
  • Thomas Churchyard, English author and poet (died 1604)
  • Pernette Du Guillet, French poet (died 1545)
  • Jorge de Montemor, Portuguese novelist and poet, writing in Spanish (died 1561)
  • Christophe Plantin, French-born Dutch humanist and printer (died 1589)
  • Madeleine Des Roches (Madeleine Neveu), French author, poet and salonnière (died 1587)
  • Alexander Scott, Scottish poet (died 1582/83)
  • Georg Thym, German teacher, poet and writer (died 1560)

Deaths

• March 16 – Martin Waldseemüller, German humanist and cartographer (born c.1470)
• May 31 – Johannes Aesticampianus, German humanist theologian (born 1457)
• unknown date – William Dunbar, Scottish poet (born 1459/60)

References

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