1536 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1536.
Events[]
- unknown dates
- Petar Zoranić writes the first Croatian novel, the pastoral-allegorical Planine ("Mountains"); it is first published posthumously in Venice in 1569.
- The first Helvetic Confession is drawn up, in Latin, by Heinrich Bullinger and Leo Jud of Zürich, Kaspar Megander of Bern, Oswald Myconius and Simon Grynaeus of Basel, Martin Bucer and Wolfgang Capito of Strasbourg, with other representatives from Schaffhausen, St Gall, Mülhausen and Biel.[1]
New books[]
- John Calvin – Institutes of the Christian Religion (in Latin)[2]
- Sir Thomas Elyot – The Castel of Helth
- Wessel Gansfort – Sum of Christianity (English translation)
- Paracelsus – Die große Wundarzney
Poetry[]
- Aonio Paleario – De immortalitate animarum
Births[]
- May 13 – Jacobus Pamelius, Flemish theologian[3] (died 1587)
Deaths[]
- March 1 – Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet[4]
- c. July – John Rastell, English printer and author (born c. 1475)
- July 12 – Erasmus, Dutch-born Renaissance humanist scholar (born 1466)
- September 25 – Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet writing in Latin (born 1511)
- October 14 – Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish soldier and poet (born c.1501)
- date unknown – Merten de Keyser, French printer and publisher working in Antwerp
References[]
- ^ L Thomas, La Confession helvétique (Geneva, 1853);
- ^ Jean Calvin (1995). Institutes of the Christian Religion: 1536 Edition. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8028-4167-4.
- ^ "Pamelius". Catholic Encyclopedia.
- ^ Unglaub, Jonathan (January 2007). "Bernardo Accolti, Raphael's Parnassus and a New Portrait by Andrea Del Sarto". The Burlington Magazine. CXLIX: 14–22.
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- Years of the 16th century in literature