1440s in poetry explained

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Events

1442 - Enea Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II, arrives at the court of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, in Vienna, who names him imperial poet.
1445 - Printing press developed in Europe

Works published

1445:

Cancionero de Baena, the first collection of Castilian lyrics, Spain^[1]

1449:

Amoryus and Cleopes, poem by John Metham, English adaptation of the Pyramus and Thisbe narrative from Ovid‘s Metamorphoses

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

1440:

Lorenzo de' Medici, born January 1 (died 1492), Italian banker, politician, patron of the arts and poet who wrote in his native Tuscan language
Martial d'Auvergne (died 1500), French
Hans Folz born sometime from 1435 to this year (died 1513), German
Blind Harry, also known as "Henry the Minstrel", born about this year (died 1492), Scottish makar (poet)
Kabir (died 1518), mystic poet and saint of India
Lorenzo Lippi (of Cole) (died 1485), Italian, Latin-language poet^[2]
Jorge Manrique (died 1479), Spanish poet
Paolo Marsi (died 1484), Italian, Latin-language poet^[2]
Molla, also known as "Mollamamba", both popular names of Atukuri Molla (died 1530), Indian poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
Ludovico Pontico born about this year (died 1520), Italian, Latin-language poet^[2]
Giorgio Sisgoreo born about this year (died c. 1510), Italian, Latin-language poet^[2]
Francesco Uberti (humanist) (died 1518), Italian, Latin-language poet^[2]

1441:

Mir Ali Shir Nava'i (died 1501), Persian or Turkish^[3] poet and scholar

1442:

Amerigo Corsini (died 1501), Italian, Latin-language poet^[2]
Pietro Antonio Piatti born about this year (died after 1508), Italian, Latin-language poet^[2]

1443:

Matteo Canale (died 1503), Italian, Latin-language poet^[2]

1444:

Pandolfo Collenuccio (died 1504), Italian, Latin-language poet^[2]

1445:

Cantalicio (died 1515), Italian, Latin-language poet^[2]
Bartolomeo Fonzio born about this year (died 1513), Italian, Latin-language poet^[2]

1446:

Domizio Calderini (died 1478), Italian, Latin-language poet^[2]
Ippolita Maria Sforza (died 1484), Italian noblewoman and writer
Robert Wydow (died 1505), English poet, church musician, and religious figure

1447:

Baptista Mantuanus, also known as "Battista Mantovano" and "Johannes Baptista Spagnolo" (died 1516), Italian Carmelite reformer, humanist and Latin-language poet

1448:

Johannes von Soest (died 1506), German composer, theorist and poet