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1533 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events * French poet Maurice Sceve announces that he has found the tomb of "Laura", the woman who is the subject of so many poems by Petrarch, at the church of Santa Croce in Avignon, further strengthening French interest in the Italian poet. Works published * Luigi Alamanni, ''Opere Toscane'' ("Tuscan Works"), Latin poetry, Latin elegies, published either this year or in 1532 in poetry, 1532, Italian poetry, Italian writer published in Lyon, French poetry, France, said to consist of satirical pieces written in blank verse * Teofilo Folengo, ''L'Umanità del Figliuolo di Die'', a life of Christ in rhymed octaves, Italian poetry, Italy * Clément Marot, ''Suite de l'Adolescence clementine'', French poetry, France * Dwija Sridhara, ''Vidya-Sundara'', Bengali language, Bengali narrative poem, commissioned by Alauddin Firuz Shah II, Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1600 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works Great Britain * Robert Armin, ''Quips upon Questions; or, A Clownes Canceite on Occasion Offered'' (writing under the pen name "Clunnyco de Curtanio Snuffe")Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Nicholas Breton: ** ''Melancholike Humours'' ** ''Pasquils Mad-cap and his Message'' (published anonymously) ** ''Pasquils Mistresse; or, The Worthie and Unworthie Woman'' (published under the pen name "Salochin Treboun") ** ''Pasquils Passe, and Passeth Not'' ** ''The Second Part of Pasquils Mad-cap intituled: The Fooles-cap'' * Thomas Deloney (uncertain attribution), ''Patient Grissell'', a ballad based on Book 10, novel X of Boccaccio's ''Decameron'' * John Dowland, ''The Second Booke of Songs or Ayres'' (''First Booke'', 1597; ''Third and Last Booke'', 1603) * Edward Fairfax, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1573 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * Cristóbal de Castillejo, ''Works of Castillejo Expurgated by the Inquisition'', published posthumously in Madrid, Spain * Philippe Desportes, ''Les premières œuvres de Philippe Desportes'', which had circulated widely in manuscript form and were largely love poems (in imitation of minor Italian poets),Weinberg, Bernard, ed., French Poetry of the Renaissance, Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, Arcturus Books edition, October 1964, fifth printing, August 1974 (first printed in France in 1954), , "Phillipe Desportes" p 157 including "Les Amours de Diane", "les Amours d’Hippolyte", "Élégies", France * Johann Fischart (writing under the pen name "Hultrich Elloposcleron") and another author, ''The Flea Hunt'', a burlesque; a flea complains to Jupiter about the hard treatment it receives from women; Fischart wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Rapicio
Andrea Rapicio, also ''Rapiccio'', ''Rapicius'', ''Rapitius'' and ''Ravizza'' (2 December 1533 – 31 December 1573), was an Italian Catholic bishop and jurist, bishop of Trieste from 1567 until his death in 1573. Biography Early life Rapicio was born in Trieste, in the first days of December 1533. He was the second son of Domenico Ravizza who, according to the customs of the time, had latinized his surname into Rapicius. His father was Ferdinand I's minister and advisor to Archduke Charles. The Ravizza family belonged to the Triestine patriciate. They might've been of Istrian Italian origin, though the family ultimately originated from the Italian region of Lombardy. The family name Ravizza was still present in the early 19th century in Pisino, where the family owned an estate. Career He studied in Capodistria, with Ambrogio Febeo as his tutor. He continued his studies in Vienna, and in 1550, due to an epidemic, moved to Padua, where he graduated in 1554. Around this time, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabbalah
Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and Jewish theology, school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "receiver"). The definition of Kabbalah varies according to the tradition and aims of those following it, from its origin in medieval Judaism to its later adaptations in Western esotericism (Christian Kabbalah and Hermetic Qabalah). Jewish Kabbalah is a set of esoteric teachings meant to explain the relationship between the unchanging, eternal God in Judaism, God—the mysterious ''Ein Sof'' (, ''"The Infinite"'')—and the mortal, finite universe (God's Genesis creation narrative, creation). It forms the foundation of Mysticism, mystical religious interpretations within Judaism. List of Jewish Kabbalists, Jewish Kabbalists originally developed their own transmission of Primary texts of Kabbalah, sacred texts within the realm of Jewish traditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elazar Ben Moshe Azikri
Rabbi Elazar ben Moshe Azikri ( he, אלעזר בן משה אזכרי) (1533–1600) was a Jewish kabbalist, poet and writer. Biography Azikri was born in Safed to a Sephardic family who had settled in Ottoman Syria after the expulsion from Spain. He studied Torah under Rabbi Yosef Sagis, Rabbi Jacob Berab, and in the Yeshiva of Moshe Cordovero. He is counted with the greatest Rabbis and intellectuals of his time: Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz, Yosef Karo, Moshe Cordovero, Isaac Luria, Israel Najara, etc. In fact, he was one of a handful of rabbis to receive the renewed rabbinic ''semichah'' initiated by Rabbi Berab.Elazar ben Moshe Azikri sefaria.org In 1588 Rabbi Elazar founded the "Sukat Shalom" movement who acted to arouse in Jews the devotion to religion. His ''Sefer Haredim'' - see below - b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. The term ''"Hindu"'' traces back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name ''Sindhu'' (सिन्धु ), referring to the river Indus. The Greek cognates of the same terms are "''Indus''" (for the river) and "''India''" (for the land of the river). The term "''Hindu''" also implied a geographic, ethnic or cultural identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent around or beyond the Sindhu (Indus) River. By the 16th century CE, the term began to refer to residents of the subcontinent who were not Turkic or Muslims. Hindoo is an archaic spelling variant, whose use today is considered derogatory. The historical development of Hindu self-identity within the local In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathi Language
Marathi (; ''Marāṭhī'', ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language predominantly spoken by Marathi people in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the official language of Maharashtra, and additional official language in the state of Goa. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India, with 83 million speakers as of 2011. Marathi ranks 11th in the List of languages by number of native speakers, list of languages with most native speakers in the world. Marathi has the List of languages by number of native speakers in India, third largest number of native speakers in India, after Hindi Language, Hindi and Bengali language, Bengali. The language has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indian languages. The major dialects of Marathi are Standard Marathi and the Varhadi dialect. Marathi distinguishes Clusivity, inclusive and exclusive forms of 'we' and possesses a three-way Grammatical gender, gender system, that features the neuter in addition to the masculine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1599 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Samuel Daniel becomes poet laureate in England this year (on his death in 1619 he is succeeded by Ben Jonson) Works published * Robert Allott, ''Wits Theater of the Little World'' (third in the "Wits Series"; see also Ling's ''Politeuphuia'' 1597; Meres' ''Palladis Tamia'' 1598; Wrednot, ''Palladis Palatium'' 1604)Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Nicholas Breton, ''The Passions of the Spirit'', published anonymously * Thomas Churchyard, ''The Fortunate Farewel to the Most Forward and Noble Earle of Essex'' * Samuel Daniel, ''The Poeticall Essayes of Sam. Danyel'', including ''The Civiill Wars'' in five books (see also ''The First Fowre Bookes'' 1595, ''Works'' ix books1601; ''Civile Wares'' ight books1609) *Sir John Davies: ** ''Hymnes of Astraea, in Acrosticke Verse'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eknath
Eknath (IAST: Eka-nātha, Marathi language, Marathi pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, [eknath]) (1533–1599), commonly known as Sant (religion), Sant Eknath was an Indian Hindu saint, philosopher and poet. He was a devotee of the Hindu deity Vitthal and is a major figure of the Warkari movement. Eknath is often viewed as a spiritual successor to the prominent Marathi saints Dnyaneshwar and Namdev. Biography Precise details of his life remain obscure. It is generally believed that Eknath lived during the latter three-quarters of the 16th-century. He was born into a Deshastha Brahmin, Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin family of Vishwamitra gotra to Suryanarayan and Rukminibai at Paithan, present-day Maharashtra and was a follower of the Ashvalayana Sutra. His father probably held the title of Kulkarni and kept financial accounts. Their family deity is Ekvira Devi (or Renuka). His parents died while Eknath was young. He was then raised by his grandfather, Chakrapani. His great-grandfat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Poetry
This article concerns poetry in Spain. Medieval Spain The Medieval period covers 400 years of different poetry texts and can be broken up into five categories. Primitive lyrics Since the findings of the Kharjas, which are mainly two, three, or four verses, Spanish lyrics, which are written in Mozarabic dialect, are perhaps the oldest of Romance Europe. The Mozarabic dialect has Latin origins with a combination of Arabic and Hebrew fonts. The epic Many parts of '' Cantar de Mio Cid'', '' Cantar de Roncesvalles'', and ''Mocedades de Rodrigo'' are part of the epic. The exact portion of each of these works is disputed among scholars. The Minstrels, over the course of the 12th to the 14th centuries, were driving force of this movement. The Spanish epic likely emanated from France. There are also indications of Arabic and Visigoth. It is usually written in series of seven to eight syllables within rhyming verse. Mester de clerecía The cuaderna vía is the most distinctive ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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