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1513 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Gavin Douglas completed the ''Eneados'', a complete Scots translation of Virgil's ''Aeneid'' and the first full and faithful translation into any Germanic language of a major poem from classical antiquity. * John Skelton appointed Poet Laureate by Henry VIII of England Works published Great Britain * Anonymous, ''Ars amatoria'', translated from the Latin of Ovid's '' Art of Love'' * John Lydgate, published anonymously, ''Troy Book'', verse paraphrase of Guido delle Colonne's ''Historia destructionis Troiae'' of 1287, in turn a Latin prose translation of the ''Roman de Troie'' (c. 1165) of Benoit de Sainte-Maure (see also ''The Life and Death of Hector'' 1614) * John Skelton, published anonymously, celebrating the defeat of the Scots at Flodden Other * Mallanarya of Gubbi, ''Bhava Chintaratna'', India * Tito Vespasiano Strozzi, ''Strozii poëtae pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Poetry
Irish poetry is poetry written by poets from Ireland. It is mainly written in Irish language, Irish and English, though some is in Scottish Gaelic literature, Scottish Gaelic and some in Hiberno-Latin. The complex interplay between the two main traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English and Scottish Gaelic literature, Scottish Gaelic, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to categorise. The earliest surviving poems in Irish date back to the 6th century, while the first known poems in English from Ireland date to the 14th century. Although there has always been some cross-fertilization between the two language traditions, an English-language poetry that had absorbed themes and models from Irish did not finally emerge until the 19th century. This culminated in the work of the poets of the Irish Literary Revival in the late 19th and early 20th century. Towards the last quarter of the 20th century, modern Irish poetry tended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bradshaw (poet)
Henry Bradshaw (c. 1450–1513) was an English poet born in Chester. In his boyhood he was received into the Benedictine monastery of Saint Werburgh, and after studying with other novices of his order at Gloucester College, Oxford, he returned to his monastery at Chester. Biography Bradshaw wrote a Latin treatise ''De antiquitate et magnificentia Urbis Cestricie'', which is lost, and a life of the patron saint of his monastery in English seven-lined stanza. This work was completed in the year of its author's death, 1513, mentioned in "A balade to the auctour" printed at the close of the work. A second ballad describes him as "Harry Braddeshaa, of Chestre abbey monke." Bradshaw disclaims the merit of originality and quotes the authorities from which he translates—Bede, William of Malmesbury, Giraldus Cambrensis, Alfred of Beverley, Henry of Huntingdon, Ranulph Higden, and especially the "Passionary" or life of the saint preserved in the monastery. The poem, therefore, which is d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meistersinger
A (German for "master singer") was a member of a German guild for lyric poetry, composition and unaccompanied art song of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. The Meistersingers were drawn from middle class males for the most part. Guilds The ''Meistersinger'' maintained and developed the traditions of the medieval Minnesingers. They belonged to the artisan and trading classes of the German towns, and regarded as their masters and the founders of their guild twelve poets of the Middle High German period, including Wolfram von Eschenbach, Konrad von Würzburg, Reinmar von Zweter, and Heinrich Frauenlob. Frauenlob allegedly established the earliest Meistersinger school at Mainz, early in the 14th century. The schools originated first in the upper Rhine district, then spread elsewhere. In the 14th century schools operated at Mainz, Strasbourg, Frankfurt, Würzburg, Zurich, and Prague; in the 15th at Augsburg and Nuremberg. Nuremberg, under the leadership of Hans Sachs, became th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Poetry
German literature () comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there are some currents of literature influenced to a greater or lesser degree by dialects (e.g. Alemannic). Medieval German literature is literature written in Germany, stretching from the Carolingian dynasty; various dates have been given for the end of the German literary Middle Ages, the Reformation (1517) being the last possible cut-off point. The Old High German period is reckoned to run until about the mid-11th century; the most famous works are the ''Hildebrandslied'' and a heroic epic known as the ''Heliand''. Middle High German starts in the 12th century; the key works include '' The Ring'' (ca. 1410) and the poems of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1437 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * John Lydgate, writes ''The Fall of Princes'', sometime from 1431–1438; later published posthumously in 1494, with extracts published separately as ''Proverbs'' in c. 1510Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, Works published 1436: * Santillana, ''Comedieta de Ponça'', in Early Modern SpanishPreminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., ''The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications 1439: * Asukai Masayo, compiler, ''Shinshokukokin Wakashū'' 新続古今和歌集 ("New Collection of Ancient and Modern Times Continued", a title which recollects the ''Shokukokin Wakashū'') an imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry, year of completion uncertain; compiled by the Emperor Go-Hanazono ordered it in 1433; consists of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Folz
Hans Folz ( 1437 – January 1513) was a German author of the late medieval or early Renaissance period. Folz was born in Worms. He was made a citizen of the city of Nuremberg, Germany in 1459 and master barber of the city in 1486. Folz was a reformer of the meistersangs, adding 27 new tones to those that had been allowed by the twelve "Alten Meister" (old masters) up to that point. His ''Meisterlieder'' (a type of song), of which he wrote about a thousand, were mostly devoted to religious questions. He also wrote twelve '' Fastnachtsspiele'' (short plays that made light of people in medieval society, for instance farmers, priests, and the bourgeoisie) in the same style as Hans Rosenplüt, but with more subtle language. Folz has been labelled as an anti-semite by Andrew Gow, who called him "a thorough-going Jew-hater" for his work ''Ein Spil von dem Herzogen von Burgund'' (''A Story of the Dukes of Burgund''). According to Albert Wimmer's ''Anthology of Medieval German Literatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1577 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * December 4 – John of the Cross (Juan de Yepes) is imprisoned in Toledo, Spain. During his imprisonment he composes his Spiritual Canticle (''Cántico Espiritual''). Works published Great Britain * Nicholas Breton: ** ''The Works of a Young Wit''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ** ''A Flourish upon Fancy'' * John Grange, ''The Golden Aphroditis'', poetry and prose Other * Philippe Desportes, an edition of his works; France * Guillaume Du Bartas, ''La Semaine, ou Création du Monde,'' France * Eoghan O'Duffy, tr. by John O'Daly (1864), ''The Apostasy of Myler Magrath, Archbishop of Cashel'', Cashel, County Tipperary. Composed as Irish bardic poetry in 1577. Vivian Mercier (1962), ''The Irish Comic Tradition'', Oxford University Press. Pages 138-139. Births * March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Smith (diplomat)
Sir Thomas Smith (23 December 151312 August 1577) was an English scholar, parliamentarian and diplomat. Early life Born at Saffron Walden in Essex, Smith was the second son of John Smith of Walden by Agnes, daughter of John Charnock of Lancashire. The Smiths of Essex are said to be descendants of Sir Roger de Clarendon, an illegitimate son of the Black Prince. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he became a Fellow in 1530, and in 1533 was appointed a public reader or professor. He lectured in the schools on natural philosophy, and on Greek in his own College. In 1540 Smith went abroad, and, after studying in France and Italy and taking a degree in law at the University of Padua, returned to Cambridge in 1542. He now took the lead in the reform of the pronunciation of Greek, his views being universally adopted after considerable controversy. He and his friend, Sir John Cheke, were the great classical scholars of the time in England. In January 1543/4 he was appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Poetry
Italian poetry is a category of Italian literature. Italian poetry has its origins in the thirteenth century and has heavily influenced the poetic traditions of many European languages, including that of English. Features * Italian prosody is accentual and syllabic, much like English. The most common metrical line is the hendecasyllable, which is very similar to English iambic pentameter. Shorter lines like the ''settenario'' are used as well. * The earliest Italian poetry is rhymed. Rhymed forms of Italian poetry include the sonnet (''sonnetto''), terza rima, ottava rima, the canzone and the ballata. Beginning in the sixteenth century, unrhymed hendecasyllabic verse, known as ''verso sciolto'', became a popular alternative (compare blank verse in English). * Feminine rhymes are generally preferred over masculine rhymes. * Apocopic forms (''uom'' for ''uomo'', ''amor'' for ''amore'') and contractions (''spirto'' for ''spirito'') are common. Expanded forms of words which have bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldus Manutius
Aldus Pius Manutius (; it, Aldo Pio Manuzio; 6 February 1515) was an Italian printer and humanist who founded the Aldine Press. Manutius devoted the later part of his life to publishing and disseminating rare texts. His interest in and preservation of Greek manuscripts mark him as an innovative publisher of his age dedicated to the editions he produced. His ''enchiridia'', small portable books, revolutionized personal reading and are the predecessor of the modern paperback. Manutius wanted to produce Greek texts for his readers because he believed that works by Aristotle or Aristophanes in their original Greek form were pure and unadulterated by translation. Before Manutius, publishers rarely printed volumes in Greek, mainly due to the complexity of providing a standardized Greek typeface. Manutius published rare manuscripts in their original Greek and Latin forms. He commissioned the creation of typefaces in Greek and Latin resembling the humanist handwriting of his time; type ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tito Vespasiano Strozzi
Tito Vespasiano Strozzi (Ferrara, 1424 – ca. 1505) was an Italian Renaissance poet at the Este court of Ferrara, who figures as an interlocutor in Angelo Decembrio's ''De politia litteraria'' ("On literary polish"). A member of the Strozzi family exiled from Florence, son of Giovanni, who served in Ferrara as Niccolò III d'Este's commander, Tito was a patrician of Ferrara, where he was educated in humanistic culture. He was a courtier of successive dukes of Ferrara, Leonello, Borso, and Ercole d'Este, and was entrusted with several important posts in the civil magistrature. He was the official champion of the Duke of Ferrara (1473), served as Governor of Rovigo and the Polesine (1473–84) then ''Giudice dei Savi'' (1497-1505), in which post he was succeeded by his son Ercole Strozzi. Strozzi was included in the entourage that accompanied Borso to Rome, March 1471, to be elevated from ''marchese'' to ''duca di Ferrara'' by Pope Sixtus IV Della Rovere. His portrait in pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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