1549 in literature
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Template:Redirect category shell Template:Use British English This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1549.
Events
- June 9 – The Booke of the Common Prayer is introduced in churches in England as required by the Act of Uniformity of January 15.[1][2] It results in a Prayer Book Rebellion breaking out in the West Country.[3]
- Sir Donald Monro, Dean of the Isles, produces the original manuscript of the Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (not published until 1582).[4]
- unknown date – The content of the Guildhall Library in the City of London is acquired by Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector of England, for his personal use.[5]
New books
Prose
- Joachim du Bellay – La Deffense et illustration de la langue françoyse[6]
- Joannes Bunderius – Compendium concertationis hujus saeculi sapientium et theologorum
- Robert Wedderburn (probable) – The Complaynt of Scotland
Drama
- Johannes Aal – Johannes der Täufer (John the Baptist)
- Lodovico Dolce
- Fabritia
- Giocasta (translation and adaptation of Euripides' The Phoenician Women)
Poetry
- See 1549 in poetry
Births
- March 11 – Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel, Dutch philosopher and grammarian (died 1612)
- December 24 – Kaspar Ulenberg, theologian and Bible translator (died 1617)[7]
- unknown dates
- Pietro Alagona, Italian theologian (died 1624)
- Nikola Vitov Gučetić, Croatian statesman, philosopher and science writer (died 1610)[8]
- Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (died 1626)[9]
- Thomas Stephens, Jesuit writer and linguist (died 1619)[10]
Deaths
- January 23 – Johannes Honter, Romanian humanist theologian (born 1498)[11]
- January 28 – Elia Levita, Hebrew grammarian, scholar and poet (born 1469)
- March 25 – Veit Dietrich, German theologian (born 1506)[12]
- April – Andrew Boorde, traveller, physician and writer (born 1490)
- August – Jacob Ziegler, humanist and theologian (born c.1470)
- November 25 – Jean de Gagny, French theologian[13]
- December 21 – Marguerite de Navarre, French princess, poet, playwright and short story writer (born 1492)[14]
- unknown date – Daniel Bomberg, Flemish printer (born c.1483)[15]
- probable – Leonard Cox, humanist scholar and rhetorician (born c. 1495)[16]
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