1525 in literature explained

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1525.

Events

• July – Michelangelo is in the process of working on the Laurentian Library in Florence.^[1]
• September – William Tyndale's New Testament translation into English is made, but printing in Cologne is interrupted by anti-Lutheran forces. (Copies reach England in 1526.)^[2]
• unknown dates
  • Printing of Huldrych Zwingli's New Testament 'Zürich Bible' translation into German by Christoph Froschauer begins.
  • Il Petrarco, Allesandro Vellutello's edition of Petrarch first appears. It will be reprinted 29 times in this century.^[3]
  • The anonymous early 14th-century poem King Alexander is first printed.^[4]

New books

Prose

• Pietro Bembo – Prose nelle quali si ragiona della volgar lingua (Prose della volgar lingua)
• Albrecht Dürer – Underweysung der Messung mit dem Zirckel und Richtscheyt (literally, "Instructions for Measuring with Compass and Ruler"; also known as The Four Books on Measurement or The Painter's Manual)
• Francesco Giorgi – De harmonia mundi totius
• Martin Luther – On the Bondage of the Will (De Servo Arbitrio)
• Paracelsus – De septem puncti idolotriae christianae (On the Seven Points of Christian Idolatry)
• Antonio Pigafetta – Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo (Report on the First Voyage Around the World; partial publication in Paris)
• The Twelve Articles: The Just and Fundamental Articles of All the Peasantry and Tenants of Spiritual and Temporal Powers by Whom They Think Themselves Oppressed

Drama

• Niklaus Manuel Deutsch I – Der Ablasskrämer
• Niccolò Machiavelli – Clizia

Poetry

See main article: 1525 in poetry.

Births

• March 25 – Richard Edwardes, English choral singer, poet and playwright (died 1566)
• Pir Roshan (بايزيد انصاري), Pashtun warrior poet (died 1582/5)
• Jan van Casembroot, Flemish noble and poet (died 1568)
• probable – Hans Wilhelm Kirchhof, German Landsknecht, baroque poet and translator (died c.1602)

Deaths

• May 27 – Thomas Müntzer, German Protestant theologian, radical economist and poet (born c.1489) (executed)
• approximate year – Jean Lemaire de Belges, Walloon poet and historian resident in France (born c.1473)^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Sheryl E. Reiss. The Pontificate of Clement VII: History, Politics, Culture. 2 March 2017. Taylor & Francis. 978-1-351-88375-7. 290–.
2. Book: James Austin BASTOW. A Biblical Dictionary; being a comprehensive digest of the history and antiquities of the Jews and neighbouring nations, etc. 1859. Longman & Company. 36.
3. Book: Kennedy, William J. . https://books.google.com/books?id=j7tj_XxmLwIC . Petrarchan poetics . Kennedy, George Alexander . The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism . 3 . 114 . Cambridge University Press . 1999 . 0-521-30008-8 . 2009-05-27 . etal.
4. Book: Cox, Michael . The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature . Oxford University Press . 2004 . 0-19-860634-6 . registration .
5. Book: A Contribution to the Study Of Jean Lemaire De Belges. 1936. Slatkine. 83.