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1645 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1645. Events *December – William Cavendish, later Duke of Newcastle, marries Margaret Lucas, whom he has met while in exile in France. *''unknown dates'' **With the London theatres closed by the Puritan regime during the English Civil War, closet drama grows in prominence. Henry Burkhead's ''Cola's Fury, or Lirenda's Misery'' is written in this genre and the sisters Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Egerton probably complete their ''The Concealed Fansyes'' while besieged. New books Prose *Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury **''De Causis Errorum'' (On the Causes of Errors) **''De Religione Laici'' (On the Religion of the Laity) *John Milton **'' Colasterion'' **'' Tetrachordon'' * Elizabeth Richardson, Baroness Cramond – ''A Lady's Legacy to her Daughters'' * Alexander Ross **''Medicus Medicatus'' **''The Philosophical Touchstone'' * Francisco Manuel de Melo – ''Guerra de Cataluña'' *H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cavendish, 1st Duke Of Newcastle
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, KG, KB, PC (25 December 1676) was an English courtier and supporter of the arts. He was a renowned horse breeder, as well as being patron of the playwright Ben Jonson, and the intellectual group known as the Welbeck Circle. Despite spending the then enormous sum of £15,000 entertaining Charles I in 1634, he failed to gain a significant political post. In the early stages of the First English Civil War, he was appointed Royalist Captain-General in Northern England; he financed much of the war effort himself, later claiming this totalled in excess of £1,000,000. After the defeat at Marston Moor in July 1644, a battle fought against his advice, he went into exile in Europe. He returned to England after the Stuart Restoration in 1660, and although created Duke of Newcastle in 1665, he remained on the fringes of the court, and became critical of Charles II. He died in 1676, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Personal detail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'huomo Di Lettere
''L'huomo di lettere difeso ed emendato'' (Rome, 1645) by the Ferrarese Jesuit Daniello Bartoli (1608-1685) is a two-part treatise on the man of letters bringing together material he had assembled over twenty years since his entry in 1623 into the Society of Jesus as a brilliant student, a successful teacher of rhetoric and a celebrated preacher. His international literary success with this work led to his appointment in Rome as the official historiographer of the Society of Jesus and his monumental '' Istoria della Compagnia di Gesu'' (1650-1673). The entire patrimony of classical rhetoric was centered around the figure of the Ciceronian Orator, the ''vir bonus dicendi peritus'' of Quintilian as the ideal combination of moral values and eloquence. In Jesuit terms this dual ideal becomes '' santità e lettere'' for membership in the emerging Republic of Letters. Bartoli confidently asserts the validity of this model represented in his ''huomo di lettere''. In his introduction Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean De La Bruyère
Jean de La Bruyère (, , ; 16 August 1645 – 11 May 1696) was a French philosopher and moralist, who was noted for his satire. Early years Jean de La Bruyère was born in Paris, in today's Essonne ''département'', in 1645. His family was middle class, and his reference to a certain "Geoffroy de La Bruyère", a crusader, is only a satirical illustration of a method of self-ennoblement then common in France, as in some other countries. Indeed, he always signed his surname as Delabruyère in one word, as evidence of this disdain. La Bruyère could trace his family back on his father's side at least as far as his great-grandfather, who along with his grandfather had been dedicated members of the Catholic League. His great-grandfather had been exiled from France when Henri IV came to the throne and Catholics fell into disfavor. La Bruyère's father also had been active in the league under the Duke of Guise in 1584. His father was controller general of finance to the Hôtel de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 16
Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdanids of Mosul and the Baridis of Basra over control of the Abbasid capital, Baghdad. * 963 – Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 1328 – The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708. * 1513 – Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat. * 1570 – The Principality of Transylvania is established after John II Zápolya renounces his claim as King of Hungary in the Treaty of Speyer.Diarmaid MacCullochThe Reformation Viking, 2004, p. 443 1601–1900 * 1652 – Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1700 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1700. Events *February 1 – Richard Bentley becomes Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. *Early March - William Congreve's comedy ''The Way of the World'' is first performed at the New Theatre, Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. *May 5 – Within days of John Dryden's death on May 1, his last written work, '' The Secular Masque'', is performed as part of Vanbrugh's version of '' The Pilgrim''. New books Fiction *Aphra Behn (died 1689) – ''Histories, Novels, and Translations'' (fiction and nonfiction) * Tom Brown – ''Amusements Serious and Comical'' *Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras – ''Mémoires de Monsieur d'Artagnan'' *Peter Anthony Motteux, editor – ''The History of the Renown'd Don-Quixote de la Mancha'', translated by several hands, Volume 1 (Volumes 2–4 published in 1712 in the third edition) Drama *Anonymous – ''Caledonia, or the Pedlar Turned Merchant'' *Abel Boyer – ''Achilles; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos De Sigüenza Y Góngora
Don Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora (August 14, 1645 – August 22, 1700) was one of the first great intellectuals born in the New World - Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain (Mexico City). He was a criollo patriot, exalting New Spain over Old. A polymath and writer, he held many colonial government and academic positions. Sigüenza is considered the ''da Vinci mexicano'' ("Mexican da Vinci"). Early life Sigüenza was born in Mexico City in 1645 to Don Carlos de Sigüenza y Benito, originally from Madrid, and to Doña Dionisia Suárez de Figueroa y Góngora, born in Seville, Spain, whom the elder Don Carlos met following his arrival New Spain in 1640. Sigüenza was the second oldest and first male of nine siblings. He was related to the famous baroque Spanish poet Luis de Góngora through his mother. He studied mathematics and astronomy under the direction of his father, who had been a tutor for the royal family in Spain. Expulsion from the Jesuits Sigüenza entered the Socie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 14
Events Pre-1600 * 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating the 1,127 offences (sexual debauchery, fiscal negligence, cronyism, etc.) that the ministers found the new emperor to have committed over the course of his 27-day rule, result in the unprecedented impeachment — and summary deposition on the same day — of the emperor by the bureaucracy. *29 BC – Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. * 1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. * 1183 – Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. *1264 &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller, FRS (3 March 1606 – 21 October 1687) was an English poet and politician who was Member of Parliament for various constituencies between 1624 and 1687, and one of the longest serving members of the English House of Commons. Son of a wealthy lawyer with extensive estates in Buckinghamshire, Waller first entered Parliament in 1624, although he played little part in the political struggles of the period prior to the First English Civil War in 1642. Unlike his relatives William and Hardress Waller, he was Royalist in sympathy and was accused in 1643 of organising a plot to seize London for Charles I. He allegedly escaped the death penalty by paying a large bribe, while several conspirators were executed, including his brother-in-law Nathaniel Tomkins. After his sentence was commuted to banishment, he lived in comfortable exile in France and Switzerland until allowed home in 1651 by Oliver Cromwell, a distant relative. He returned to Parliament after The Restoration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Muhammad
Sheikh Muhammad (1560–1650), also known as Shekh Mahammad (Mohammad), Sayyad Shaikh Mahammad Qadiri, Shaikh Muhammad Shrigondekar (lit. Sheikh Muhammad of Shrigonde), and Sheikh (Shekh) Mahammad-baba, was a Muslim saint-poet who is venerated by Hinduism, Hindus. He is considered the most well-known Marathi Muslims, Marathi Muslim poet. He is the author of the ''Yoga-samgrama'' (''Yoga-sangrama''). Background Sheikh Muhammad was born and lived his life in Shrigonda (Shrigonde), Maharashtra, India. He was the son of Raje Muhammad, a Qadiriyya (Kadri, Qadiri) Sufi. His guru was the Hindu Vaishnava (sect worshipping the Hindu god Vishnu) saint Changa Bodhale, who was also the guru of Janardan Swami, the guru of the saint-poet Eknath (1533–1599). Changa Bodhale, known as Said Changasaheb Kadri in Sufi traditions, is considered an avatar of the Hindu god Dattatreya and was a disciple of Sheikh Muhammad's father. Works and teachings Sheikh Muhammad is the author of the ''Yog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton's 1645 Poems
Milton's 1645 ''Poems'' is a collection, divided into separate English and Latin sections, of John Milton's youthful poetry in a variety of genres, including such notable works as '' An Ode on the Morning of Christ's Nativity'', ''Comus'' and ''Lycidas''. Appearing in late 1645 or 1646 (see 1646 in poetry), the octavo volume, whose full title is ''Poems of Mr. John Milton both English and Latin, compos'd at several times'', was issued by the Royalist publisher Humphrey Moseley. In 1673, a year before his death, Milton issued a revised and expanded edition of the ''Poems''. According to ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'' (2004), notwithstanding its title page, the book was published in 1646.Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, Frontispiece The volume's frontispiece contains an extremely unflattering portrait of Milton by the engraver William Marshall. Underneath the portrait are sati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Scarron
Paul Scarron (c. 1 July 1610 in Paris – 6 October 1660 in Paris) (a.k.a. Monsieur Scarron) was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist, born in Paris. Though his precise birth date is unknown, he was baptized on 4 July 1610. Scarron was the first husband of Françoise d'Aubigné, who later became Madame de Maintenon and secretly married King Louis XIV of France. Life Scarron was the seventh child of Paul Scarron, a noble of the robe and member of the Parlement of Paris, and Gabrielle Goguet. Paul became an abbé when he was nineteen. He lived in Le Mans from 1632 to 1640, and in 1635 traveled to Rome with his patron, Charles de Beaumanoir, the bishop of Le Mans. Finding a patron in Marie de Hautefort, maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XIII, he became a well-known figure in literary and fashionable society. In 1638, Scarron became disabled. One source (Laurent Angliviel de la Beaumelle, ''Memoires... de Mme de Maintenon'') attributed Scarron's deformities to rheumatism contrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Médecin Volant
''Le Médecin volant'' (''The Flying Doctor'') is a French play by Molière, The date of its actual premiere is unknown, but its Paris premiere took place on 18 April 1659. Parts of the play were later reproduced in '' L'Amour médecin'', and '' Le Médecin malgré lui''. It is composed of 15 scenes and has seven characters largely based on stock '' commedia dell'arte'' roles. Characters * Gorgibus, an old nobleman, the father of Lucile (''Commedia dell'Arte'': Pantalone) * Lucile, daughter of Gorgibus, engaged to Villebrequin (''Commedia dell'Arte'': Innamorata) * Gros-René : Gorgibus' servant (role created by René Berthelot) * Sabine, Lucile's cousin, the source of all the intrigue in the play (''Commedia dell'Arte'': Columbina) * Valère : Lucile's lover (''Commedia dell'Arte'': Innamorato) * Sganarelle: Hero of the play, valet to Valère. (''Commedia dell'Arte'': Arlecchino Harlequin (; it, Arlecchino ; lmo, Arlechin, Bergamasque pronunciation ) is the best-known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
