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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1500.

Events

  • December 31 – Figurae bibliae by Antonius Rampegollis is printed in Venice by Georgius Arrivabenus. This is generally accepted as the last of the end of incunables.
  • unknown date – John Skelton, tutor to Prince Henry (second son of King Henry VII of England, is referred to as "unum Britannicarum literarum lumen ac decus" in De Laudibus Britanniae, a Latin ode by Desiderius Erasmus, .

New books

Prose

  • This is the Boke of Cokery (first known printed cookbook in English)
  • Hieronymus Brunschwygk – Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus (Simple book on the art of distillation)
  • Desiderius Erasmus – Adagia (Paris)
  • Johannes Trithemius – Steganographia (approximate year)

Drama

  • The Wakefield Master – Second Shepherds' Play (approximate year)

Poetry

  • Beves of Hamtoun (approximate publication date, written c. 1300)
  • Geoffrey Chaucer (anonymously) – Mars and Venus (approximate date of publication)
  • April 23
  • Alexander Ales, Scottish-born religious controversialist (died 1565)
  • Johann Stumpf, Swiss historical and topographical writer (died 1576)
  • December 6 – Nicolaus Mameranus, Luxembourg soldier and Latin-language historian and poet (died c. 1567)
  • unknown dates
  • Jeanne de la Font, French poet and culture patron (died 1553)
  • Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (died 1566)
  • probable
  • Johannes Aal, Swiss theologian and composer (died 1553)
  • Erasmus Alberus, German humanist, reformer and poet (died 1553)
  • Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz, Greek kabbalist and poet (died 1580)
  • Francisco de Moraes, Portuguese writer (died 1572)
  • Hayâlî, Ottoman Turkish poet (died 1557)
  • Nikolaus Herman, German hymnist (died 1561)
  • Pier Angelo Manzolli (Marcello Palingenio Stellato), Neapolitan Christian humanist poet (died before 1551)
  • Ludovico Pasquali, Dalmatian Italian poet (died 1551)
  • Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist (died 1582)

Deaths

  • April 10 – Michael Tarchaniota Marullus, Greek scholar, poet and soldier (born c. 1453; drowned)
  • June 23 – Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet, philosopher, courtier and magician (born 1447)
  • August 9 – Janus Plousiadenos, Greek Renaissance scholar and hymn-writer (born c. 1429)
  • August 10 – Serafino dell'Aquila, Petrarchan poet (born 1466)
  • October 1 – John Alcock, bishop, politician and writer (born c.1430)
  • probable – Stefano Infessura, Italian humanist writer (born c. 1435)
  • possible – Ieuan ap Huw Cae Llwyd, Welsh poet

References