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1465 In Poetry
— François Villon, the "Ballade des Dams du Temps Jadis" in ''Le Grand Testament'', 1461 Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *1462: 10 September – Robert Henryson in Scotland is enrolled as a teacher in the recently founded University of Glasgow. *1463: January – French poet François Villon is reprieved from hanging but never heard of again. Works published 1461: * François Villon, ''Le Grand Testament'', lyric poem; FranceKurian, George Thomas, ''Timetables of World Literature'', New York: Facts on File Inc., 2003, consisting of 173 stanzas containing many ballads, or rondeaux, including "Ballade des dames du Temps Jadis"Trager, James, ''The People's Chronology'', New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979 (see quotation, above) 1463: * Matteo Maria Boiardo, ''Carmina de Laudibus Estensium'', Italy 1468: * Jami, ''Haft Owrang'' ("Seven Thrones"), collection of seven idy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Villon
François Villon (Modern French: , ; – after 1463) is the best known French poet of the Late Middle Ages. He was involved in criminal behavior and had multiple encounters with law enforcement authorities. Villon wrote about some of these experiences in his poems. Biography Birth Villon was born in Paris in 1431. One source gives the date as .Charpier 1958, "1er avril 1431 (vieux style) ou 19 avril 1432 (nouveau style) : naissance à Paris, de ''François de Montcorbier'', alias ''des Loges'', qui deviendra François Villon pril 1, 1431 (old style) or April 19, 1432 (new style): birth in Paris of ''François de Montcorbier'', alias ''des Loges'', who would become François Villon Early life Villon's real name may have been François de Montcorbier or François des Loges: both of these names appear in official documents drawn up in Villon's lifetime. In his own work, however, Villon is the only name the poet used, and he mentions it frequently in his work. His t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1490 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published 1491: * Immanuel of Rome, ''Mahberot Imanu'el'', published in Brescia, Italy, among the first books in Hebrew printed in Italy 1492: * Savonarola, ''Apologeticus De Ratione Poeticae Artis'', criticism; Italy * Jorge Manrique, ''Coplas de Manrique por la muerte de su padre'' ("Couplets on the Death of His Father" or "Stanzas for the Death of His Father"Kurian, George Thomas, ''Timetables of World Literature'', New York: Facts on File Inc., 2003, ), Spanish lyric poem 1493: * Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, ''Mizan al-Awzan'' ("Scales of Poetic Meters"), Turkish poems 1494: * John Lydgate, ''The Fall of Princes'', 36,000-line poem translated c. 1431–1438 from the ''De casibus illustrium virorum'' of Boccaccio (see also Lydgate's ''Proverbs'' 1510), posthumously publishedCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1501 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Gavin Douglas, Scottish poet, writes , approximately this year (published about 1535); an allegory presented as a visionCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Marko Marulić, Croatian poet, writes ''Judita'' ("Judith"), a landmark poem in Croatian literature; the book was not printed until 1521 in Venice by Guglielmo da Fontaneto; and published three times before the author's death in 1524 Works published * Conradus Celtis, ''Ludus Diannae'', allegorical verse drama, German poet who wrote in LatinKurian, George Thomas, ''Timetables of World Literature'', New York: Facts on File Inc., 2003, * Petrarch ("Francesco Petrarca"), ''Le cose volgari'' influential edition of the author's Italian poems, edited by Pietro Bembo, Venice: Aldine Press, Italy, posthumous Births Death years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Džore Držić
Džore Držić (; Italian: ''Giorgio Darsa'') (February 6, 1461 – September 26, 1501) was a poet and playwright, one of the fathers of Croatian literature. This respectable citizen of Dubrovnik, the uncle of the greatest Croatian playwright Marin Držić, the rector of the Church of All Saints, the chancellor of the Dubrovnik chapter, a contemporary of the poet Marko Marulić, created a poetic opus that became a primal expression of the linguistic form that would become the official Croatian language. His poetry proves that his humanist roots had a beneficial effect on his poetic diction and other qualities, such as discreetness and spirituality. It makes his love poems very different from those of his older contemporary and eternal rival, Šiško Menčetić. Držić's ''Pjesni ljuvene'' (Love Poems) must have been very popular in Dubrovnik. By the time the noble Nikša Ranjina started filling his famous manuscript collection with love poems composed by young citizens of Dubrovn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Poetry
This article focuses on poetry from the United Kingdom written in the English language. The article does not cover poetry from other countries where the English language is spoken, including Republican Ireland after December 1922. The earliest surviving English poetry, written in Anglo-Saxon, the direct predecessor of modern English, may have been composed as early as the 7th century. The earliest English poetry The earliest known English poem is a hymn on the creation; Bede attributes this to Cædmon ( fl. 658–680), who was, according to legend, an illiterate herdsman who produced extemporaneous poetry at a monastery at Whitby. This is generally taken as marking the beginning of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Much of the poetry of the period is difficult to date, or even to arrange chronologically; for example, estimates for the date of the great epic ''Beowulf'' range from AD 608 right through to AD 1000, and there has never been anything even approaching a consensus. It is pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1529 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * Anonymous, ''Solomon and Marcolphus'', publication year uncertain, EnglandCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Giangiorgio Trissino, ''La poetica'', Books 1–4 (Books 5–6 published in 1563), ItalyPreminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., ''The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications Births Death years link to the corresponding "earin poetry" article: * June 7 – Étienne Pasquier (died 1615), French poet and author * Also: ** Johann Beltz (died 1584), German ** Olivier de Magny (died 1561), French poet ** Guy Du Faur, Seigneur de Pibrac (died 1584), French jurist and poet ** George Puttenham (died 1590), English writer and critic Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "earin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Skelton (poet)
John Skelton, also known as John Shelton (c. 1463 – 21 June 1529), possibly born in Diss, Norfolk, was an English poet and tutor to King Henry VIII of England. Skelton died in Westminster and was buried in St. Margaret's Church, although no trace of the tomb remains. Education Skelton is said to have been educated at Oxford, though it is documented that he studied at Cambridge. He could be the "one Scheklton" mentioned by William Cole as taking his M.A. degree at Cambridge in 1484, but this is unconfirmed. In 1490, William Caxton, in the preface to ''The Boke of Eneydos compyled by Vyrgyle,'' refers to him as though Skelton already had a scholarly reputation when the book was published. "But I pray mayster John Skelton," he says, "late created poete laureate in the unyversite of Oxenforde, to oversee and correct this sayd booke ... for him I know for suffycyent to expowne and englysshe every dyffyculte that is therin. For he hath late translated the epystlys of Tulle, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Poetry
Welsh poetry refers to poetry of the Welsh people or nation. This includes poetry written in Welsh, poetry written in English by Welsh or Wales based poets, poetry written in Wales in other languages or poetry by Welsh poets around the world. History Wales has one of the earliest literary traditions in Northern Europe, stretching back to the days of Aneirin ( fl. 550) and Taliesin (second half of the 6th century), and the haunting ''Stafell Cynddylan'', which is the oldest recorded literary work by a woman in northern Europe. The 9th century ''Canu Llywarch Hen'' and ''Canu Heledd'' are both associated with the earlier prince Llywarch Hen. Welsh poetry is connected directly to the bardic tradition, and is historically divided into four periods.Loesch, K. T. (1983). Welsh bardic poetry and performance in the middle ages. In D. W. Thompson (Ed.), ''Performance of Literature in Historical Perspectives'' (177–190). Lanham, MD: University Press of America. The first period, befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1502 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Stephen Hawes appointed to Valet de chambre under Henry VII of England * Poet Laureate John Skelton imprisoned Works published Italy * Pietro Bembo, ''Terzerime'', published by Aldus Manutius * Baptista Mantuanus, ''Sylvae'', eight volumes, Bologna; Italian, Latin-language poetMantuanus, Baptist ''The Eclogues of Baptista Mantuanus'' edited by Wilfred Pirt Mustard, The Johns Hopkins press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books, May 17, 2009 * Jacopo Sannazaro, ''Arcadia'', a pirated edition (the author officially sanctioned publication in 1504); a manuscript of the original work is dated 1489, with two eclogues and connecting prose added later, seemingly reflecting the author's distress at political developments of about 1500; ItalyBondanella, Peter, and Julia Conaway Bondanella, co-editors, ''Dictionary of Italian Literature'', Westport, Connecticut: Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwerful Mechain
Gwerful Mechain ( fl. 1460–1502), is the only female medieval Welsh poet from whom a substantial body of work is known to have survived. She is known for her erotic poetry, in which she praised the vulva among other things. Life Gwerful Mechain lived in Mechain in Powys. Little is known of her life, but it is generally accepted that she was a descendant of a noble family from Llanfechain. Her father was Hywel Fychan of Mechain in Powys, her mother was named Gwenhwyfar, and she had at least four siblings (three brothers and a sister). She married John ap Llywelyn Fychan and had at least one child, a daughter named Mawd. Work She is perhaps the most famous female Welsh-language poet after Ann Griffiths (1776–1805), who was also from northern Powys. Her work, composed in the traditional strict metres, including cywyddau and englynion, is often a celebration of religion or sex, sometimes within the same poem. Probably the most famous part of her work today is her erotic poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1500 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or French). Works published English * Anonymous, publication year conjectural, Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Anonymous, publication year conjectural, ''Guy of Warwick'', related to the Anglo-Norman ''Gui de Warewic'' (c. 1232–1242) * Anonymous, '' Sir Bevis of Hampton'', translated c. 1300 from the Anglo-Norman ''Boeve de Haumtone'' c. 1200 * Anonymous, ''Sir Eglamour of Artois'', written in the mid- 14th century * Geoffrey Chaucer, published anonymously, publication year conjectural, ''Mars and Venus'', an amalgamation of the author's '' The Complaint of Mars'' and ''The Complaint of Venus'' * John Lydgate, published anonymously, publication year conjectural, ''The Virtue of the Mass'', also called the ''Interpretacio Misse'' Other * ''Stora rimkronikan'' ("The Great Rhymed Chronic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makar
A makar () is a term from Scottish literature for a poet or bard, often thought of as a royal court poet. Since the 19th century, the term ''The Makars'' has been specifically used to refer to a number of poets of fifteenth and sixteenth century Scotland, in particular Robert Henryson, William Dunbar and Gavin Douglas, who wrote a diverse genre of works in Middle Scots in the period of the Northern Renaissance. The Makars have often been referred to by literary critics as ''Scots Chaucerians''. In modern usage, poets of the Scots revival in the 18th century, such as Allan Ramsay and Robert Fergusson are also makars. Since 2002, the term "makar" has been revived as the name for a publicly funded poet, first in Edinburgh, followed by the cities of Glasgow, Stirling and Dundee. In 2004 the position of Makar or National Poet for Scotland, was authorized by the Scottish Parliament. Etymology Middle Scots (plural ) is the equivalent of Middle English '' maker''. The word functi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
