1571 in literature
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- Michel de MontaigneMichel de MontaigneLord Michel Eyquem de Montaigne , February 28, 1533 – September 13, 1592, was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre and is popularly thought of as the father of Modern Skepticism...
retires from public life and isolates himself in the tower of the Château de Montaigne.
New books
- François de BelleforestFrançois de BelleforestFrançois de Belleforest was a prolific French author, poet and translator of the Renaissance. He was born in a poor family and his father was killed when he was seven...
- La Pyrénée (or La Pastorale amoureuse) (the first French "pastoral novel") - Bishop John JewelJohn JewelJohn Jewel was an English bishop of Salisbury.-Life:He was the son of John Jewel of Buden, Devon, was educated under his uncle John Bellamy, rector of Hampton, and other private tutors until his matriculation at Merton College, Oxford, in July 1535.There he was taught by John Parkhurst,...
- Second Book of HomiliesBook of HomiliesThe Books of Homilies are two books of thirty-three sermons developing the reformed doctrines of the Church of England in greater depth and detail than in the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion... - Alonso de MolinaAlonso de MolinaAlonso de Molina was a Franciscan priest and grammarian, who wrote a well-known dictionary of the Nahuatl language published in 1571....
- Arte de la lengua mexicana y castellanaArte de la lengua mexicana y castellanaThe Arte de la lengua mexicana y castellana is a grammar of the Nahuatl language in Spanish by Alonso de Molina. It was published in Mexico in 1571, the same year as his monumental dictionary, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana....
- Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicanaVocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicanaVocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana is a bilingual dictionary of Spanish and Nahuatl by Alonso de Molina, first published in 1571. It has approximately 23,600 entries, and grew out of his earlier dictionary, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, which had only...
- Arte de la lengua mexicana y castellana
New drama
- Richard Edwards - Damon and PythiasDamon and Pythias (play)Damon and Pythias is the only surviving play by Richard Edwards. Written in 1564 but not published until 1571, the play chronicles the Greek friendship story of Damon and Pythias....
Births
- April 17 - Adam ContzenAdam ContzenAdam Contzen was a German Jesuit economist and exegete.Contzen was born in 1573, or, according to Carlos Sommervogel, in 1575. Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz gives the 1571 date listed above. Contzen entered the Society of Jesus at Trier in 1595...
, German Jesuit writer (d. 1635) - date unknown
- Henry AinsworthHenry Ainsworth-Life:He was born of a farming family of Swanton Morley, Norfolk. He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and, after associating with the Puritan party in the Church, eventually joined the Separatists....
, English theologian (d. 1622) - Willem BlaeuWillem BlaeuWillem Janszoon Blaeu , also abbreviated to Willem Jansz. Blaeu, was a Dutch cartographer, atlas maker and publisher....
, Dutch publisher (d. 1638) - Thomas MunThomas MunThomas Mun was an English writer on economics who has been called the last of the early mercantilists. He was among the first to recognize the exportation of service, or invisible items, as valuable trade, and made early statements strongly in support of capitalism.Mun began his career by engaging...
, English writer on economics (d. 1641)
- Henry Ainsworth
Deaths
- July 17 - Georg FabriciusGeorg FabriciusGeorg Fabricius , born Georg Goldschmidt, was a Protestant German poet, historian and archaeologist.- Life :...
, German poet and historian (b. 1516) - November 24 - Jan BlahoslavJan BlahoslavJan Blahoslav was a Czech humanistic writer, poet, translator, etymologist, hymnographer, grammarian, music theorist and composer. He was a Unity of the Brethren bishop, and translated the New Testament into Czech in 1564...
, Czech poet and translator (b. 1523) - December 28 - John HalesJohn Hales (d.1571)John Hales was an English writer, administrator and politician.-Life:A son of Thomas Hales of Hales Place, Halden, Kent, Hales was brought up by Christopher Hales, who was an uncle or else a more distant relation. Without a university education, he learned Latin, Greek, French, and German...
, English politician and writer(b. c. 1523) - date unknown
- Lodovico CastelvetroLodovico CastelvetroLodovico Castelvetro was an important figure in the development of neo-classicism, especially in drama. It was his reading of Aristotle that led to a widespread adoption of a tight version of the Three Unities, as a dramatic standard....
, Italian literary critic (b. c. 1505) - Andrés de OlmosAndrés de OlmosAndrés de Olmos , Franciscan priest and extraordinary grammarian and ethno-historian of Mexico's Indians, was born in Oña, Burgos, Spain, and died in Tampico in New Spain...
, Spanish grammarian (b. c. 1485)
- Lodovico Castelvetro