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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1552.
Events
- June – Sir David Lyndsay's Middle Scots satirical morality play A Satire of the Three Estates first performed publicly in full, at Cupar in Fife.
- unknown dates
- Giachem Bifrun produces the first printed book in the Swiss Romansh language ( Putèr), Christiauna fuorma, a catechism. [1]
- Belgrade printing house is established.
- Ralph Roister Doister, the first known comedy in the English, is written by London schoolmaster Nicholas Udall for his pupils to perform. [2]
New books
Prose
- Book of Common Prayer (revised)
- Bartolomé de las Casas – A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias) (written 1542) [3]
- François Rabelais – Le Quart Livre
- Gerónimo de Santa Fe (posthumously) – Hebræomastix
- Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis (Little Book of the Medicinal Herbs of the Indians), composed in Nahuatl by Martín de la Cruz and translated into Latin by Juan Badiano.
Drama
- David Lyndsay – A Satire of the Three Estates (first public performance)
- Hans Sachs – Der Bauer im Fegefeuer
Poetry
- See 1552 in poetry
Births
- February 8 – Agrippa d'Aubigné, French Protestant poet (died 1630)
- unknown dates
- Jean Bertaut, French poet (died 1611)
- Philemon Holland, English translator and schoolmaster (died 1637)
- Edmund Spenser, English poet (died 1599) [4]
- probable – Cvijeta Zuzorić, Croatian poet (died 1648)
Deaths
- June 10 – Alexander Barclay, probably Scottish-born English writer, cleric and translator (born c. 1476)
- October 17 – Andreas Osiander, German theologian (born 1498)
- December 11 – Paolo Giovio, Italian historian and biographer (born 1483) [5]
- December 30 – Francisco de Enzinas, Spanish-born Netherlandish scholar and humanist (born c. 1518) [6]
References
- ^ W. D. Elcock (1960). The Romance Languages. Faber & Faber. p. 480.
- ^ Muller Janel; David Loewenstein; William Rainey Harper (2002). The Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 839. ISBN 978-0-521-63156-3.
- ^ "Mirror of the Cruel and Horrible Spanish Tyranny Perpetrated in the Netherlands, by the Tyrant, the Duke of Alba, and Other Commanders of King Philip II". World Digital Library. 1620. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
- ^ Edmund Spenser (1869). The Globe Edition. Complete Works of Edmund Spenserurl= https://books.google.com/books?id=BTNYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR16. Macmillan and Company. p. 16.
- ^ Thompson Cooper (1873). A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Concise Notices of Eminent Persons of All Ages and Countries: and More Particularly of ... Great Britain and Ireland. Bell. p. 607.
- ^ Edward Boehmer (1874). Bibliotheca Wiffeniana: Spanish Reformers of Two Centuries from 1520. K. Trübner. p. 154.
| This article needs additional citations for
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1552.
Events
- June – Sir David Lyndsay's Middle Scots satirical morality play A Satire of the Three Estates first performed publicly in full, at Cupar in Fife.
- unknown dates
- Giachem Bifrun produces the first printed book in the Swiss Romansh language ( Putèr), Christiauna fuorma, a catechism. [1]
- Belgrade printing house is established.
- Ralph Roister Doister, the first known comedy in the English, is written by London schoolmaster Nicholas Udall for his pupils to perform. [2]
New books
Prose
- Book of Common Prayer (revised)
- Bartolomé de las Casas – A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias) (written 1542) [3]
- François Rabelais – Le Quart Livre
- Gerónimo de Santa Fe (posthumously) – Hebræomastix
- Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis (Little Book of the Medicinal Herbs of the Indians), composed in Nahuatl by Martín de la Cruz and translated into Latin by Juan Badiano.
Drama
- David Lyndsay – A Satire of the Three Estates (first public performance)
- Hans Sachs – Der Bauer im Fegefeuer
Poetry
- See 1552 in poetry
Births
- February 8 – Agrippa d'Aubigné, French Protestant poet (died 1630)
- unknown dates
- Jean Bertaut, French poet (died 1611)
- Philemon Holland, English translator and schoolmaster (died 1637)
- Edmund Spenser, English poet (died 1599) [4]
- probable – Cvijeta Zuzorić, Croatian poet (died 1648)
Deaths
- June 10 – Alexander Barclay, probably Scottish-born English writer, cleric and translator (born c. 1476)
- October 17 – Andreas Osiander, German theologian (born 1498)
- December 11 – Paolo Giovio, Italian historian and biographer (born 1483) [5]
- December 30 – Francisco de Enzinas, Spanish-born Netherlandish scholar and humanist (born c. 1518) [6]
References
- ^ W. D. Elcock (1960). The Romance Languages. Faber & Faber. p. 480.
- ^ Muller Janel; David Loewenstein; William Rainey Harper (2002). The Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 839. ISBN 978-0-521-63156-3.
- ^ "Mirror of the Cruel and Horrible Spanish Tyranny Perpetrated in the Netherlands, by the Tyrant, the Duke of Alba, and Other Commanders of King Philip II". World Digital Library. 1620. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
- ^ Edmund Spenser (1869). The Globe Edition. Complete Works of Edmund Spenserurl= https://books.google.com/books?id=BTNYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR16. Macmillan and Company. p. 16.
- ^ Thompson Cooper (1873). A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Concise Notices of Eminent Persons of All Ages and Countries: and More Particularly of ... Great Britain and Ireland. Bell. p. 607.
- ^ Edward Boehmer (1874). Bibliotheca Wiffeniana: Spanish Reformers of Two Centuries from 1520. K. Trübner. p. 154.