1580 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1580.
Events
[edit]- March – Thomas Legge's Latin play about Richard III of England, Richardus Tertius, the first known history play performed in England, is acted by students at St John's College, Cambridge.
- July 12 – The Ostrog Bible, the first complete printed Bible translation into a Slavic language (Old Church Slavonic), is first printed at Ostroh in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (modern-day Ukraine) by Ivan Fyodorov.[1]
New books
[edit]- Book of Concord
- Jean Bodin – De la demonomanie des sorciers
- Veronica Franco – Lettere familiari a diversi[2]
- Robert Greene – Mamillia
- John Lyly – Euphues and his England
- Michel de Montaigne – Essais[3]
- Anthony Munday – Zelauto
New drama
[edit]- Robert Garnier – Antigone
- Thomas Legge – Richardus Tertius
Poetry
[edit]- Luís Vaz de Camões – Luís Vaz de Camões
- Jan Kochanowski – Laments (Treny)
Births
[edit]- March 5 – Christophe Justel, French scholar (died 1649)
- April 18 (date of baptism) – Thomas Middleton, English poet and dramatist (died 1627)
- June 9 – Daniel Heinsius, Dutch scholar (died 1655)[4]
- September 17 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish Golden Age writer (died 1645)[5]
- October 12 – Hortensio Félix Paravicino, Spanish poet (died 1633)[6]
- unknown dates
- Charles François d'Abra de Raconis, French theologian (died 1646)
- Manuel de Almeida, Spanish historian (died 1646)
- Francisco de Araujo, Spanish theologian (died 1664)
- Philipp Clüver, German historian (died 1623)
- Ling Mengchu (凌濛初), Chinese vernacular writer (died 1644)
- Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, Portuguese poet (died 1621)
- Francisco de Lugo, Spanish theologian (died 1652)[7]
Deaths
[edit]- May 3 – Thomas Tusser, English poet (born 1524)
- June 10 – Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (born c.1524)[8]
- June 22 – Hernando de Acuña, Spanish translator (born c.1520)
- August 20 – Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (born 1506)
- October 8 – Hieronymus Wolf, German historian (born 1516)
- November 3 – Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (born 1512)
- unknown dates
- Sebastián de Horozco, Spanish poet and dramatist (born 1510)
- Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie, Scottish chronicler (born c.1532)[9]
- probable – Raphael Holinshed, chronicler[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Joze Krasovec (1 October 1999). The Interpretation of the Bible: The International Symposium in Slovenia. A&C Black. p. 676. ISBN 978-0-567-34563-9.
- ^ Turner, James (1993). Sexuality and Gender in Early Modern Europe: Institutions, Texts, Images. Cambridge University Press. p. 107. ISBN 9780521446051.
- ^ Michel de Montaigne (1887). Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Journey Into Italy, and Letters. Houghton, Mifflin. p. 471.
- ^ J. H. Meter (1984). The Literary Theories of Daniel Heinsius: A Study of the Development and Background of His Views on Literary Theory and Criticism During the Period from 1602 to 1612. Van Gorcum. p. 6. ISBN 978-90-232-1892-0.
- ^ D. Gareth Walters (1985). Francisco de Quevedo. Catholic University of America Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-8132-0623-3.
- ^ Javier Portús (2004). The Spanish Portrait: From El Greco to Picasso. Scala. p. 337. ISBN 978-1-85759-374-7.
- ^ New Catholic Encyclopedia: Jud-Lyo. Thomson/Gale. 2003. p. 854. ISBN 978-0-7876-4012-5.
- ^ Luís de Camões (1966). The Lusiads of Luiz de Camões. Hispanic Society of America. p. xxix.
- ^ Gordon Donaldson; Robert S. Morpeth (1973). Who's who in Scottish history. Blackwell. p. 60.
- ^ Derek Jones (December 2001). Censorship: A World Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 527. ISBN 978-1-136-79864-1.