1538 in literature explained

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1538.

Events

• December 20 – Pietro Bembo is made a Cardinal.

New books

Prose

• Hélisenne de Crenne – Les Angoisses douloureuses qui procèdent d'amours
• Sir Thomas Elyot – The dictionary of syr Thomas Eliot knyght (Latin to English)
• Paracelsus – Astronomia Magna or the whole Philosophia Sagax of the Great and Little World
• William Turner – Libellus de re herbaria (Handbook of Herbs)

Drama

• John Bale
  • Kynge Johan, the earliest known English historical drama (in verse)
  • Three Laws of Nature, Moses and Christ, corrupted by the Sodomytes, Pharisees and Papystes most wicked
• Georg Wickram – Der treue Eckart^[1]

Poetry

See main article: 1538 in poetry.

• Sir David Lyndsay – The Complaynte and Testament of a Popinjay^[2]
• Clément Marot – Œuvres de Clément Marot

Births

• December 10 – Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, dramatist and diplomat (died 1612)^[3]

Deaths

• unknown dates
  • Germain de Brie, French humanist scholar and poet (born 1490)
  • Pierre Gringoire, French poet and playwright (born c.1475)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Stober, A. . J. Wickram . 1866. Gedruckt bei J. P. Rissler u. komp. .
2. Book: Cox, Michael . The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature . Oxford University Press . 2004 . 0-19-860634-6 . registration .
3. Guarini, Giovanni Battista . 1905.
4. Book: Victor Hugo. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame. 1993. Wordsworth Editions. 978-1-85326-068-1. 433.