1525 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1525.
Events
- July â Michelangelo is in the process of working on the Laurentian Library in Florence.[1]
- September â 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 â Prose nelle quali si ragiona della volgar lingua (Prose della volgar lingua)
- Albrecht Dürer â 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 â De harmonia mundi totius
- Martin Luther â On the Bondage of the Will (De Servo Arbitrio)
- Paracelsus â De septem puncti idolotriae christianae (On the Seven Points of Christian Idolatry)
- Antonio Pigafetta â 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 â Der Ablasskrämer
- Niccolò Machiavelli â Clizia
Poetry
Births
- March 25 â Richard Edwardes, English choral singer, poet and playwright (died 1566)
- Pir Roshan (باÙزÙد اÙصارÙ), Pashtun warrior poet (died 1582/5)
- Jan van Casembroot, Flemish noble and poet (died 1568)
- probable â Hans Wilhelm Kirchhof, German Landsknecht, baroque poet and translator (died c.1602)
Deaths
- May 27 â Thomas Müntzer, German Protestant theologian, radical economist and poet (born c.1489) (executed)
- approximate year â Jean Lemaire de Belges, Walloon poet and historian resident in France (born c.1473)[5]