1548 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1548.

Events

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• Hôtel de Bourgogne opens as a theatre in Paris.
• Roger Ascham becomes tutor to Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth I of England.

New books

Prose

• Mikael Agricola – Se Wsi Testamenti (first translation of New Testament into Finnish)
• Edward Hall (posthumously) – The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke (commonly called Hall's Chronicle)
• Gruffudd Hiraethog – ' (posthumous collection of Welsh proverbs by William Salesbury)
• Martynas Mažvydas – The Simple Words of Catechism (first printed book in Lithuanian)
• Catherine Parr – The Lamentation of a Sinner
• Paolo Pino – '
• William Salesbury – A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe
• Nicholas Udall – The first tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the newe testamente
• Thomas Vicary – '
• Gioanventura Rosetti – Plictho of Gioanventura Rosetti