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1559 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1559. Events *April – The Act of Uniformity sets the order of prayer in accordance with a new version of the Book of Common Prayer. *Before August – Pope Paul IV promulgates the ''Pauline Index'', an early version of the ''Index Librorum Prohibitorum''. New books Prose * Jacques Amyot (translator) **''Daphnis et Chloë'', from Longus' '' Daphnis and Chloe'' **''Vies des hommes illustres'', from Plutarch's ''Parallel Lives'' (begins) * Joachim du Bellay – ''Discours au roi'' *Realdo Colombo – ''De Re Anatomica'' *Jorge de Montemayor – '' Diana'' *''Die Magdeburger Centurien ( Magdeburg Centuries'', first three volumes, publication continues up to 1574) Drama * Jasper Heywood – Translation of Seneca the Younger's ''Troas'' Poetry *''See 1559 in poetry'' Births *February 18 – Isaac Casaubon, Genevan classicist and church historian (died 1614) * October 12 – Jacques Sirmond, Jesuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Act Of Uniformity 1558
The Act of Uniformity 1558 was an Act of the Parliament of England, passed in 1559, to regularise prayer, divine worship and the administration of the sacraments in the Church of England. The Act was part of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement in England instituted by Elizabeth I, who wanted to unify the church. Other Acts concerned with this settlement were the Act of Supremacy 1558 and the Thirty-Nine Articles. Background Elizabeth was trying to achieve a settlement after 30 years of turmoil during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I, during which England had swung from Roman Catholicism to Protestantism and back to Catholicism. The outcome of the Elizabethan Settlement was a sometimes tense and often fragile union of High Church and Low Church elements within the Church of England and Anglicanism worldwide. The Act The Act set the order of prayer to be used in the ''Book of Common Prayer''. All persons had to attend Anglican services once a week or be fined 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1559 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * The Catholic Church creates the first Index Librorum Prohibitorum, ("Index of Prohibited Books"). Included on the list is Pier Angelo Manzolli's ''Zodiacus Vitae'' a poem first published probably in the early 1530s. at the "Mathematics Across the Curriculum at Dartmouth College" website, retrieved May 22, 2009 2009-05-27. Works published * |
John Penry
John Penry (1563 – 29 May 1593), who was executed for high treason during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, is Wales' most famous Protestant Separatist martyr. Early life He was born in Brecknockshire, Wales; Cefn Brith, a farm near Llangammarch, is traditionally recognised as his birthplace. His parents were Meredydd (Meredith) Penry and Eleanor (nee Godley). He matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, in December 1580, being then probably a Roman Catholic, but soon became a Protestant, with strong Puritan tendencies. Having graduated B.A., he moved to St Alban Hall, Oxford, and gained his M.A. in July 1586. He did not seek ordination, but was licensed as University Preacher. Career as a preacher and pamphleteer There is not much evidence for his preaching tours in Wales; they could only have been made during a few months of 1586 or the autumn of 1587. In 1562 an act of parliament had made provision for translating the Bible into Welsh, and the New Testament was issued in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1626 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1626. Events *February – The King's Men premiere Ben Jonson's satire on the new newsgathering enterprise ''The Staple of News'', his first new play in almost a decade, at the Blackfriars Theatre in London. *November – The deaths of Lancelot Andrewes and Nicholas Felton, Bishop of Ely, prompt John Milton, then a student at Cambridge, to write elegies in Latin for both. *December 27 – Izaak Walton marries Rachel Floud (died 1640). New books Prose *Francis Bacon – ''The New Atlantis'' *Nicholas Breton – '' Fantastickes'' *Alonso de Castillo Solórzano – ''Jornadas alegres'' *Robert Fludd – ''Philosophia Sacra'' *Marie de Gournay – ''Les Femmes et Grief des Dames'' (The Ladies' Grievance) *Francisco de Quevedo – ''El Buscón'' (first published edition – unauthorized) Drama *Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft – ''Baeto, oft oorsprong der Holanderen'' * John Fletcher and collaborators – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Holywood
Christopher Holywood (1559 – 4 September 1626) was an Irish Jesuit of the Counter Reformation. The origin of the Nag's Head Fable has been traced to him. Roman Catholic and Irish His family, which draws its name from Holywood, a village near Dublin, had long been distinguished both in Church and State. Christopher Holywood studied at Padua, entered the Society of Jesus at Dôle in 1579, was afterwards professor of Scripture and theology at Pont-a-Mousson, Ferrara, and Padua, and there met St Robert Bellarmine. In 1598 he was sent to Ireland, but was arrested on his way and confined in the Gatehouse Prison, the Tower of London and Wisbech Castle, and was eventually shipped to the continent after the death of Queen Elizabeth. He then resumed his interrupted journey and reached Ireland on St. Patrick's Eve, 1604. This same year he published two Latin works attacking the Church of England. One of which included the first allegation of an indecent consecration of archbishop of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1623 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1623. Events *February 2 (Candlemas) – The King's Men perform ''Twelfth Night'' (under the alternative title ''Malvolio'') at the court of King James I of England. *February 28 – John Hacket's Latin comedy ''Loiola'' is staged at Trinity College, Cambridge, and repeated on March 12 for King James I of England on his third visit to the university. The play mocks both Catholics, in the person of Ignatius Loyola, and Calvinists, who are represented by Martinus, a canting elder of Amsterdam. *June 29 – Pedro Calderón de la Barca makes his debut as a playwright, his ' (''Love, Honor and Power'') being performed at the Spanish Court. Two other plays follow this year. *July 20 – Henry Herbert (Sir Henry from August) becomes deputy to Sir John Ashley, Master of the Revels and takes over his duties. Herbert effectively controls professional drama in England from 1623 until the theaters close in 164 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Cabrera De Córdoba
Luis Cabrera de Córdoba (1559–1623) was a Spanish historian and writer. His masterpiece is ''Historia de Felipe II''. He was born in Madrid. His poem ''Laurentina'' was written for King Philip II. Only seven of the original 29 cantos have survived, the majority of which are about San Lorenzo. The river Tagus is the protagonist of these verses describing the woods of Aranjuez Aranjuez () is a city and municipality of Spain, part of the Community of Madrid. Located in the southern end of the region, the main urban nucleus lies on the left bank of Tagus, a bit upstream the discharge of the Jarama. , the municipality h ... and the estates and gardens located around the monastery of El Escorial. It was part of movement of literary works that redefined the garden as an artistic endeavor. Córdoba was the son of the superintendent of the monastery gardens.Samson, Alexander. ''Locus Amoenus: Gardens and Horticulture in the Renaissance'', 2012 :5 References 1559 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1613 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1613. Events *January–February – The English royal court sees massive celebrations for the marriage of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, to King James's daughter Princess Elizabeth, culminating in their wedding on February 14. **During court festivities in the winter of 1612–1613, the King's Men give twenty performances, which include eight Shakespeare plays, four by Beaumont and Fletcher, and the lost ''Cardenio''. **Early January – The Children of the Queen's Revels give two performances of Beaumont and Fletcher's ''Cupid's Revenge''. **January 11 – The English playing company that had been the Admiral's Men, then Prince Henry's Men, becomes the Elector Palatine's (or Palsgrave's) Men. **February 15 – ''The Memorable Masque of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn'', written by George Chapman and designed by Inigo Jones, is staged in the Great Hall of the Palace of Whitehall. Francis Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lupercio Leonardo De Argensola
Lupercio Leonardo de Argensola (baptised 14 December 1559 – 2 March 1613) was a Spanish dramatist and poet. Biography He was born in Barbastro. He was educated at the universities of Huesca and Zaragoza, becoming secretary to the duke de Villahermosa in 1585. He was appointed historiographer of Aragon in 1599, and in 1610 accompanied the count de Lemos to Naples, where he died in March 1613. His tragedies—''Fills'', ''Isabela'' and ''Alejandra''—are said by Cervantes to have "filled all who heard them with admiration, delight and interest".Cervantes, Don Quixote, Vol.1 Ch. 48 ''Filis'' is lost, and ''Isabela'' and ''Alejandra'', which were not printed till 1772, are imitations of Seneca. Argensola's poems were published with those of his brother, Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola, in 1634; they consist of translations from the Latin poets, and of original satire Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1651 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1651. Events *August 22 – Execution on Tower Hill in London of Welsh Protestant preacher Christopher Love New books Prose * Noah Biggs – ''Chymiatrophilos, Matæotechnia medicinæ praxeōs, The vanity of the Craft of Physick, or, A new dispensator'' * William Bosworth – ''The Chaste and Lost Lovers'' *Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery – ''Parthenissa'' (first section) * Mary Cary (Rande) – ''The Little Horn's Doom and Downfall'' and ''A New and More Exact Map of the New Jerusalem's Glory'' *Marin le Roy de Gomberville – ''Jeune Alcidiane'' *Francisco de Quevedo – ''Virtud militante contra las cuatro pestes del mundo y cuatro fantasmas de la vida'' *Baltasar Gracián – ''El Criticón'' (first part) *Thomas Hobbes – '' Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil'' *John Milton – ''Defensio pro Populo Anglicano'' *Paul Scarron – ''Roman com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Sirmond
Jacques Sirmond (12 or 22 October 1559 – 7 October 1651) was a French scholar and Jesuit. Simond was born at Riom, Auvergne. He was educated at the Jesuit College of Billom; having been a novice at Verdun and then at Pont-Mousson, he entered into the order on 26 July 1576. After having taught rhetoric at Paris he resided for a long time in Rome as secretary to Claudio Acquaviva (1590–1608). In 1637 he was confessor to Louis XIII. Works He brought out many editions of Latin and Byzantine chroniclers of the Middle Ages: * Ennodius and Flodoard (1611) *Sidonius Apollinaris (1614) *the life of St Leo IX by the archdeacon Wibert (1615) * Marcellinus and Idatius (1619) *Anastasius the Librarian (1620) *Eusebius of Caesarea (1643) *Hincmar (1645) * Theodulf of Orléans (1646) * Hrabanus Maurus (1647) * Rufinus and Loup de Ferrières (1650) *his edition of the capitularies of Charles the Bald (''Karoli Calvi et successorum aliquot Franciae regum capitula'', 1623) *edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 12
Events Pre-1600 * 539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar) * 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance under Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd. *1279 – The ''Nichiren Shōshū'' branch of Buddhism is founded in Japan. *1398 – In the Treaty of Salynas, Lithuania cedes Samogitia to the Teutonic Knights. * 1406 – Chen Yanxiang, the only person from Indonesia known to have visited dynastic Korea, reaches Seoul after having set out from Java four months before. *1492 – Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically on San Salvador Island. (Julian calendar) 1601–1900 *1654 – The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people. *1692 – The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Province of Massachusetts Bay Governor William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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