1518 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1518.

Events

• Baptista Mantuanus' Eclogues prescribed for use in St Paul's School, London.^[1]

New books

Prose

• Henry Cornelius Agrippa – De originali peccato
• Erasmus – Colloquies
• Martin Fernandez de Encisco – Suma de Geographie
• Tantrakhyan (Nepal Bhasa literature)

Poetry

• Thomas More – Epigrammata^[2]
• Approximate year
  • Alexander Barclay – The fyfte Eglog
  • Cock Laurel's Boat^[2]

Births

• August 8 – Conrad Lycosthenes, né Wolffhart, Alsatian humanist and encyclopedist (died 1561)

Deaths

• Latest possible year – Kabir, Indian mystic poet and saint (born 1398 or 1440)

References

1. Mantuanus, Baptista (1911). Mustard, Wilfred Pirt, ed. The Eclogues of Baptista Mantuanus. The Johns Hopkins Press. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
2. Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.