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1576 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1576.
Events Edit
- December – James Burbage opens The Theatre, the second permanent public playhouse in London (and the first to have a substantial life – 22 years), ushering in the great age of Elizabethan drama.[1]
- unknown dates
- The composer Richard Farrant opens the first Blackfriars Theatre in London, presenting plays performed by the Children of the Chapel.[2]
- The composer Thomas Whythorne writes a Booke of songs and sonetts with longe discourses sett with them [sic], an early example of autobiographical writing in English.
New books Edit
Prose Edit
- Jean Bodin – Les Six livres de la République (The Six Books of the Republic)
- Ulpian Fulwell – Ars adulandi, or, The Art of Flattery (dialogues)
- Étienne de La Boétie (died 1563) – Discourse on Voluntary Servitude (Discours de la servitude volontaire, published as Le Contr'un)
- George Pettie – A Petite Palace of Pettie His Pleasure
- Peter Martyr Vermigli (died 1562; edited by Robert le Maçon) – Loci Communes
- George Whetstone – The Rocke of Regard
Drama Edit
- Luigi Pasqualigo – Il Fedele
- George Wapull – The Tide Tarrieth No Man published[3]
Poetry Edit
- See 1576 in poetry
- Tulsidas – Ramcharitmanas
- The Paradise of Dainty Devices, the most popular of the Elizabethan verse miscellanies
Births Edit
- January 12 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian (died 1660)[4]
- May 27 – Caspar Schoppe, German controversialist (died 1649)[5]
- June 6 – Giovanni Diodati, Bible translator (died 1649)[6]
- October – John Marston, English dramatist and poet (died 1634)[7]
- October 30 – Enrico Caterino Davila, Italian historian (died 1631)[8]
- unknown dates
- William Ames, English philosopher (died 1633)[9]
- Johann Bogermann, Dutch translator (died 1637)
- Samuel Collins, theologian (died 1651)
- Charles Fitzgeoffrey, Elizabethan poet (died 1638)
- Goldastus, Swiss Calvinist historian (died 1635)
- John Weever, English poet and antiquary (died 1632)
Deaths Edit
- January 19 – Hans Sachs, German poet and dramatist (born 1494)[10]
- February 10 – Wilhelm Xylander, German classical scholar (born 1532)[11]
- March 18 – Johann Stössel, German Lutheran theologian (born 1524; died in prison)
- May 2 – Bartolomé Carranza, Spanish theologian (born 1503)
- June 30 – Franciscus Sonnius, Flemish theologian (born 1506)
- October 14 – Konrad Heresbach, Calvinist writer (born 1496)
- unknown dates
- Basil Faber, German theologian (born 1520)
- Aloysius Lilius, Italian philosopher (born c. 1510)[12]
- Lancelot Ridley, English theologian[13]
- Mavro Vetranović, Croatian Benedictine poet and author (born 1482)
References Edit
- ^ "James Burbage". Elizabethan Era. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ Flood, W. H. Grattan (1924-11-01). "New Light on Late Tudor Composers: IV. Richard Farrant". The Musical Times. 65 (981): 989. doi:10.2307/911576. JSTOR 911576.
- ^ Wapull, George (May 2010). The Tide Tarrieth No Man. ISBN 9781161723649. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "Petrus Scriverius". Met Museum. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ . Study Light. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "Giovanni Diodati". Britannica. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "John Marston". Poem Hunter. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "Enrico Caterino Davila". Encyclopedia 123. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "William Ames". A Puritan's Mind. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "Hans Sachs". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "Wilhelm Xylander". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia (19 v.). Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1983. p. 602. ISBN 978-0-85229-400-0.
- ^ Charles Henry Cooper (22 March 2012). Memorials of Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-1-108-04394-6.