1548 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1548.
Events
- unknown dates
- Hôtel de Bourgogne opens as a theatre in Paris.
- Roger Ascham becomes tutor to Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth I of England.[1]
New books
Prose
- Mikael Agricola â Se Wsi Testamenti (first translation of New Testament into Finnish)
- Edward Hall (posthumously) â The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke (commonly called Hall's Chronicle)
- Gruffudd Hiraethog â Oll synnwyr pen Kembero ygyd (posthumous collection of Welsh proverbs by William Salesbury)[2]
- Martynas Mažvydas â The Simple Words of Catechism (first printed book in Lithuanian)
- Catherine Parr â The Lamentation of a Sinner
- Paolo Pino â Dialogo di pittura
- William Salesbury â A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe
- Nicholas Udall â The first tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the newe testamente
- Thomas Vicary â Anatomie of the bodie of man
- Gioanventura Rosetti â Plictho of Gioanventura Rosetti
Drama
- John Bale â Kynge Johan
Poetry
- See 1548 in poetry
Births
- May â Carel van Mander, Dutch painter and poet (died 1606)
- July 8 â Kim Jang-saeng, Korean scholar, politician and writer (died 1631)
- September 2 â Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian writer on architecture (died 1616)
- November â André Guijon, French orator (died 1631)
- November 27 â Jacopo Mazzoni, Italian philosopher (died 1598)
- Unknown date â Luis Barahona de Soto, Spanish poet (died 1595)
Deaths
- February 26 â Lorenzino de' Medici, Italian writer, 33
- June 6 â João de Castro, Portuguese explorer and writer, 48[3]
- October 27 â Johannes Dantiscus, Polish poet and bishop, 63
- Unknown date â Cristoforo di Messisbugo, Italian food writer