1507 in poetry explained

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Works published

• William Dunbar, publication year uncertain; also contains the author's "Lament for the Makaris", "Kynd Kittok", and "The Testament of Mr. Andro. Kennedy"; Great Britain^[1]
• The Jousts of May and June, anonymously published, publication year uncertain; Great Britain^[2]
• Jean Lemaire de Belges, Les Chansons de Namur, written in support of a popular revolt;^[3] Belgian Waloon poet writing in French
• Guntherus Ligurinis, , a description of the battles Frederick Barbarossa fought with Milan whom the poet calls "Ligures", written by a 12th-century poet, found in a monastery by C. Celtis, who gave it to K. Peutinger, published by Chunrades Peutinger; republished in 1531 by J. Spiegel in Strasbourg, and in 1561 by Otto von Freising in Basel, Switzerland^[4]
• Baptista Mantuanus, an Italian, Latin-language poet:
  • Parthenese, one of seven poems the author wrote with the same name, this one on St. Caecilia; Milan^[5]
  • Mantuan Georgius, a poem on St. George, Milan^[5]
  • , Milan^[5]
• Jean Marot, Le Voyage de Gênes^[6]

Births

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

• June 6  - Annibale Caro (died 1566), Italian
• October 7  - Guillaume Guéroult born about this year (died 1569), French editor, translator and poet
• Also:
  • Chang Chi-Hsiang (died 1587), Chinese poetry anthologist
  • Girolamo Amalteo of Oderzo (died in 1574), Italian poet who wrote in Latin

Deaths

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

• August 23  - Jean Molinet (born 1435), French poet, chronicler, and composer
• Petrus Crinitus, also known as "Pietro Crinito" (born 1474), Florentine Italian humanist scholar and poet who wrote verses in Latin^[7]

See also

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature
• French Renaissance literature
• Grands Rhétoriqueurs
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature

Notes and References

1. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004,
2. Web page titled "Chadwyck-Healey English Poetry Database: Tudor Poetry, 1500-1603 Table of Contents", at the Stanford University Library website, retrieved June 20, 2009. 2009-07-22.
3. "Jean Lemaire de Belges" article, p 453, in France, Peter, editor, The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French, New York: Oxford University Press,
4. Web page titled "Ortelius Bibliography", retrieved May 17, 2009. 2009-05-20.
5. Mantuanus, Baptista The Eclogues of Baptista Mantuanus, edited by Wilfred Pirt Mustard, The Johns Hopkins press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books, May 17, 2009
6. France, Peter, editor, The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French, 1993, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press,
7. Web page titled "Tra Medioevo en rinascimento" at Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina website (in Italian), retrieved May 14, 2009. Archived 2009-05-27.