1500 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1500.

Events

• December 31 – Figurae bibliae by Antonius Rampegollis is printed in Venice by Georgius Arrivabenus. This is generally accepted as the last of the end of incunables.
• unknown date – John Skelton, tutor to Prince Henry (second son of King Henry VII of England, is referred to as "unum Britannicarum literarum lumen ac decus" in De Laudibus Britanniae, a Latin ode by Desiderius Erasmus, .

New books

Prose

• This is the Boke of Cokery (first known printed cookbook in English)
• Hieronymus Brunschwygk – Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus (Simple book on the art of distillation)
• Desiderius Erasmus – Adagia (Paris)
• Johannes Trithemius – Steganographia (approximate year)

Drama

• The Wakefield Master – Second Shepherds' Play (approximate year)

Poetry

• Beves of Hamtoun (approximate publication date, written c. 1300)
• Geoffrey Chaucer (anonymously) – Mars and Venus (approximate date of publication)

Births

• April 12 – Joachim Camerarius (the Elder), German classical scholar (died 1574)
• April 23
• Alexander Ales, Scottish-born religious controversialist (died 1565)
• Johann Stumpf, Swiss historical and topographical writer (died 1576)
• December 6 – Nicolaus Mameranus, Luxembourg soldier and Latin-language historian and poet (died c. 1567)
• unknown dates
• Jeanne de la Font, French poet and culture patron (died 1553)
• Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (died 1566)
• probable
• Johannes Aal, Swiss theologian and composer (died 1553)
• Erasmus Alberus, German humanist, reformer and poet (died 1553)
• Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz, Greek kabbalist and poet (died 1580)
• Francisco de Moraes, Portuguese writer (died 1572)
• Hayâlî, Ottoman Turkish poet (died 1557)
• Nikolaus Herman, German hymnist (died 1561)
• Pier Angelo Manzolli (Marcello Palingenio Stellato), Neapolitan Christian humanist poet (died before 1551)
• Ludovico Pasquali, Dalmatian Italian poet (died 1551)
• Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist (died 1582)

Deaths

• April 10 – Michael Tarchaniota Marullus, Greek scholar, poet and soldier (born c. 1453; drowned)
• June 23 – Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet, philosopher, courtier and magician (born 1447)
• August 9 – Janus Plousiadenos, Greek Renaissance scholar and hymn-writer (born c. 1429)
• August 10 – Serafino dell'Aquila, Petrarchan poet (born 1466)
• October 1 – John Alcock, bishop, politician and writer (born c.1430)
• probable – Stefano Infessura, Italian humanist writer (born c. 1435)
• possible – , Welsh poet

References