1521 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1521.
Events
- January 3 â Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther, by the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.[1]
- January 14 â Martin Luther writes to Johann von Staupitz, saying that he has burned the papal bull.[2]
- February 9 â Ãñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga arrives in Rome to campaign against Erasmus; later in the year he publishes an account of his journey from Spain.[3]
- June (probably 29 or 30) â NeacÈu's letter, the oldest surviving dateable document written primarily in the Romanian language (in the Romanian Cyrillic alphabet), is approximately dated to this month.
- August 13 â Marko MaruliÄ's poem Judita (Judith, written 1501), a landmark in Croatian literature, is printed in Venice by Guglielmo da Fontaneto.
- unknown date â John Siberch is active in Cambridge, the city's earliest known printer.[4]
New books
Prose
- Codex Åuu Tnoo - Ndisi Nuu
- Jacopo Berengario da Carpi â Commentaria cum amplissimus additionibus super anatomiam Mundini (published in Bologna), containing the first printed anatomical illustrations taken from nature
- Goražde Psalter
- Henry VIII of England â Defence of the Seven Sacraments (Assertio Septem Sacramentorum)
- Niccolò Machiavelli â The Art of War (Dell'arte della guerra)
- Piri Reis â Kitab-ı Bahriye
Poetry
- Alexander Barclay â The Boke of Codrus and Mynalcas, the author's "Fourth Eclog"[5]
- Henry Bradshaw â The Life of St. Werburgh[5]
- Andrew Chertsey, The Passyon of Oure Lorde, translated from French with additional verses inserted and introductory poem by Robert Copland (published in London by Wynkyn de Worde)[5]
- Christmas Carols, including "A caroll of huntynge" and "A carol bringyng in the bores heed"[5]
- Robert Copland â Introductory verse to The Myrrour & the Chyrche (published in London by Wynkyn de Worde)[6]
Approximate year
- A boke of a Ghoostly fader (A Book of a Ghostly Father, published in London by Wynkyn de Worde)[5][6]
- John Skelton, "The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng"[5][7]
Births
- May 8 â Peter Canisius, German theologian (died 1597)[8]
- unknown dates
- Sir Thomas Chaloner the elder, English statesman and poet (died 1565)
- Xu Wei (å¾æ¸), Chinese painter, poet and dramatist (died 1593)
- probable
- Anne Askew, English poet and Protestant martyr (burned at the stake 1546)
- Jorge de Montemor, Portuguese novelist and poet writing in Spanish (died 1561)
- Pontus de Tyard, French poet and priest, a member of La Pléiade (died 1605)[9]
Deaths
- May 10 â Sebastian Brant, German satirical poet and humanist (born c. 1457)
- unknown dateâ Jean Bourdichon, French illuminator of manuscripts (born 1457/9)