1526 in literature
Template:Short description Template:Year nav topic5 Template:Use British English This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1526.
EventsEdit
- Spring – The first complete printed translation of the New Testament into English, by William Tyndale (anonymously), arrives in England from Germany, printing having been completed in Worms by Peter Schöffer the younger, with other copies being printed in Amsterdam.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- c. September – Following the Battle of Mohács, the Bibliotheca Corviniana in Ofen is destroyed by troops of the Ottoman Empire.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- September 6 – The first complete Dutch-language translation of the Bible is printed by Jacob van Liesvelt in Antwerp.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October – Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London, attempts to collect all copies of Tyndale's New Testament in his diocese and burn them.
- unknown dates
- The New Testament is translated into Swedish, as the first such official translation, made by Olaus Petri under royal patronage.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- An edition of the Bible, Biblia Sacra, is printed by Yolande Bonhomme in Paris, the first to be printed by a woman.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
New booksEdit
ProseEdit
- A Hundred Merry Tales (A C. Mary Talys, printed by John Rastell and perhaps compiled by John Heywood)
- Martin Luther – The Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ – Against the Fanatics (Sakrament des Leibes and Blutes Christi wider die Schwarmgeister)
- William Tyndale – New Testament Bible translation, part of the Tyndale Bible
DramaEdit
- Niccolò Machiavelli – The Mandrake (La Mandragola, first performance)
PoetryEdit
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- Teofilo Folengo (as "Limerno Pitocco da Mantova") – Orlandino
- Jacopo Sannazaro<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- De Partu Virginis
- Piscatoria
- Shin Maha Rahtathara – Kogan Pyo<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
BirthsEdit
- March 11 – Heinrich Rantzau, German humanist, astrologer and bibliophile (died 1598)
- unknown dates
DeathsEdit
- unknown date – Jean Marot, French poet (born c. 1450)