1490s in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). 1491: Immanuel of Rome, Mahberot Imanu'el, published in Brescia, Italy, among the first books in Hebrew printed in Italy 1492: Savonarola, Apologeticus De Ratione Poeticae Artis, criticism; Italy Jorge Manrique, Coplas de Manrique por la muerte de su padre ("Couplets on the Death of His Father" or "Stanzas for the Death of His Father"), Spanish lyric poem 1493: Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, Mizan al-Awzan ("Scales of Poetic Meters"), Turkish poems 1494: John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes, 36,000-line poem translated c.
1520 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1553 in poetry— Opening lines from Gavin Douglas' Eneados, a translation, into Middle Scots of Virgil's Aeneid Joachim du Bellay accompanies (and is secretary to) his cousin, Cardinal Jean du Bellay, on a visit to Rome which lasts until August 1557. In Rome, the poet continues to write works which will be published in 1558. Olivier de Magny: Les Amours 102 sonnets addressed to "Castianire", often identified as Louise Labe, preceded by a sonnet often attributed to her; Paris: Estienne Groulleau, France Hymne sur la naissance de Madame, fille du roi très chrestien Henry, Arnoul L'Angelier, Paris; France Pierre de Ronsard, Livret de Folâtries Ludovico Ariosto, Carminum Lib.
15th century in poetry1445 - Printing press developed in Europe. Per Raff Lille, Mariaviser ("Songs to Mary"), Denmark Stora rimkronikan ("The Great Rhymed Chronicle"), Sweden 1402–1403 – Christine de Pisan, Le Livre du chemin de long estude, describing a trial of the faults of this world in the "Court of Reason" 1403 – Christine de Pisan, La Mutacion de Fortune ("The Changes of Fortune") c.1434 – John Lydgate, The Life of St. Edmund, King and Martyr c.1470–1485 – Pietru Caxaro, Il Cantilena, oldest known Maltese text c.
1460s in poetry— François Villon, the "Ballade des Dams du Temps Jadis" in Le Grand Testament, 1461 Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). 1462: 10 September – Robert Henryson in Scotland is enrolled as a teacher in the recently founded University of Glasgow. 1463: January – French poet François Villon is reprieved from hanging but never heard of again.
16th century in poetryHamzah Fansuri writes in the Malay language. The compilation of Romances de los Señores de Nueva España, a collection of Aztec poetry (including pre-Columbian works). John Skelton (c. 1460–1529) George Gascoigne (1535–1578) Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618) Edmund Spenser (1552–1599) Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586) Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) William Shakespeare (1564–1616) John Donne (c. 1572–1631) Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637) Robert Herrick (1591–1674) George Herbert (1593–1633) Young William (c.
