1520 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1520.

## Events

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* unknown dates
* Scholars at Complutense University, Alcalá de Henares, under the direction of Diego Lopez de Zúñiga, complete the Complutensian Polyglot Bible.
* Ulrich von Hutten's satirical poem Aufwecker der teutschen Nation (Awakener of the German Nation) is published – his earliest work in German.[1]

## New books

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### Prose

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* Hochstratus Ovans
* Martin Luther
* To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (An den christlichen Adel deutscher Nation)
* On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (De captivitate Babylonica ecclesiae praeludium)
* On the Freedom of a Christian
* Niccolò Machiavelli – Discourse on Reforming the Government of Florence (Discorso sopra il riformare lo stato di Firenze)
* Shin Maha Thilawuntha – Yazawin Kyaw (Burmese), supplement
* Ruyijun zhuan (claimed completion date)

### Drama

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* John Heywood – Johan Johan The Husband
* Approximate year – Niccolò Machiavelli: Andria

### Poetry

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Main article: 1520 in poetry

* Robert Copland – L'enuoy of Robert Coplande (published in London by Wynkyn de Worde)[2]
* Terence (translated) – Terens in Englysh (published in Paris)[2]
* Approximate year
* John Lydgate – Testament[3]
* Alexander the Great[3]
* The Squire of Low Degree (written c. 1500; published in London by Wynkyn de Worde)[3]

## Births

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* March 3 – Matthias Flacius, German Lutheran theologian (died 1575)[4]
* unknown date
* François Baudouin, French humanist historian (died 1573)[5]
* Natalis Comes, Italian mythologist, poet and historian (died 1582)
* Denis Lambin, French classicist (died 1572)
* probable
* Hernando de Acuña, Spanish poet (died 1580)[6]
* Giovanni Bona de Boliris, Italian humanist, poet and writer, writing in Latin and Italian (died 1572)
* Thomas Churchyard, English author and poet (died 1604)[7]
* Pernette Du Guillet, French poet (died 1545)[8]
* Jorge de Montemor, Portuguese novelist and poet, writing in Spanish (died 1561)
* Christophe Plantin, French-born Dutch humanist and printer (died 1589)[9]
* Madeleine Des Roches (Madeleine Neveu), French author, poet and salonnière (died 1587)[10]
* Alexander Scott, Scottish poet (died 1582/83)
* Georg Thym, German teacher, poet and writer (died 1560)

## Deaths

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* March 16 – Martin Waldseemüller, German humanist and cartographer (born c.1470)[11]
* May 31 – Johannes Aesticampianus, German humanist theologian (born 1457)[12]
* unknown date – William Dunbar, Scottish poet (born 1459/60)[13]

## References

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1. ^ Magnusson, Magnus, ed. (1990). Chambers Biographical Dictionary (5th ed.). Cambridge; Edinburgh: Cambridge University Press; W. & R. Chambers Ltd. ISBN 0-550-16040-X.
2. ^ a b "Chadwyck-Healey English Poetry Database – Tudor Poetry, 1500-1603". Academic Text Service (ATS). Stanford University Library. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
3. ^ a b c Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
4. ^ Alexander Chalmers (1815). The General Biographical Dictionary Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons. J. Nichols. p. 228.
5. ^ John Henry Wigmore (1912). A General Survey of Events, Sources, Persons and Movements in Continental Legal History. Little, Brown. p. 257.
6. ^ Henry Alfred Todd (1916). Romanic Review. Department of French and Romance Philology of Columbia University. p. 315.
7. ^ Matthew Woodcock (2016). Thomas Churchyard: Pen, Sword, and Ego. Oxford University Press. p. 19\. ISBN 978-0-19-968430-4.
8. ^ Denis Hollier; R. Howard Bloch (1994). A New History of French Literature. Harvard University Press. p. 213\. ISBN 978-0-674-61566-3.
9. ^ Colin Clair (1960). Christopher Plantin. Cassell. p. 1.
10. ^ Madeleine Roches; Catherine Roches (1 November 2007). From Mother and Daughter: Poems, Dialogues, and Letters of Les Dames des Roches. University of Chicago Press. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-0-226-72339-6.
11. ^ Van Duzer, Chet; Larger, Benoît (2011). "Martin Waldseemuller's Death Date". Imago Mundi. 63 (2).
12. ^ John Flood (8 September 2011). Poets Laureate in the Holy Roman Empire: A Bio-bibliographical Handbook. Walter de Gruyter. p. 1672\. ISBN 978-3-11-091274-6.
13. ^ Thomas Campbell (1848). An Essay on English Poetry; with notices of the British poets. John Murray. p. 138.

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