Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,
Irish or
France
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).
Events
* 1308 ''(approx.)'':
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (; most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri; – September 14, 1321), widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian Italian poetry, poet, writer, and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called ...
begins to write the ''
Divine Comedy
The ''Divine Comedy'' (, ) is an Italian narrative poetry, narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun and completed around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of ...
''.
Works published
1303:
*
Handlyng Synne by
Robert Mannyng of Brunne, a devotional work dealing with the theory and practice of morality
1307:
*
Guillaume Guiart, ''Branche des Royaux lignages'', revised version completed
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "
ear
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in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:
1300:
*
Chūgan Engetsu (died
1375),
Japanese poet, occupies a prominent place in
Japanese Literature of the Five Mountains
1304:
*
Petrarch
Francis Petrarch (; 20 July 1304 – 19 July 1374; ; modern ), born Francesco di Petracco, was a scholar from Arezzo and poet of the early Italian Renaissance, as well as one of the earliest Renaissance humanism, humanists.
Petrarch's redis ...
(died
1374), Italian scholar, poet and one of the earliest
Renaissance humanists
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "
ear
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in poetry" article:
1300:
*
Guido Cavalcanti
Guido Cavalcanti (between 1250 and 1259 – August 1300) was an Italians, Italian poet. He was also a friend of and intellectual influence on Dante Alighieri.
Historical background
Cavalcanti was born in Florence at a time when the comune was b ...
(born
1255), Italian poet
*
Folquet de Lunel (born
1244
Year 1244 (Roman numerals, MCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* March 16 – Siege of Montségur: French forces capture and destroy Château de Montségur in Languedoc, after ...
),
troubadour
A troubadour (, ; ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female equivalent is usually called a ''trobairitz''.
The tr ...
from
Lunel (in the modern
Hérault
Hérault (; , ) is a departments of France, department of the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault (river), Hérault River, its Prefectures in France, prefecture is M ...
)
1301:
*
Asukai Gayu (born
1241
Year 1241 ( MCCXLI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
* March 18 – Battle of Chmielnik ( Mongol invasion of Poland): The Mongols overwhelm the feudal Polish armies of Sandomierz and Kraków provinces ...
), Japanese
waka poet
*
Zahed Gilani
Taj Al-Din Ebrahim ibn Rushan Amir Al-Kurdi Al-Sanjani (or Sinjani; Persian:تاج الدين ابراهيم كردی سنجانی) (1218 – 1301), titled Sheikh Zahed (or Zahid) Gilani (Persian: شیخ زاهد گیلانی), was an Irani ...
(born
1216), a Persian
Sufi
Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism.
Practitioners of Sufism are r ...
1302:
*
Guan Hanqing
Guan Hanqing (, 1241–1320); sobriquet Yǐzhāi (已齋), Yīzhāi (一齋), Yǐzhāisǒu (已齋叟); was a Chinese dramatist, playwright, and poet during the Yuan Dynasty. He has been described as among the most prolific and highly regarde ...
(born
1225
Year 1225 ( MCCXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Mongol Empire
* Autumn – Subutai is assigned a new campaign by Genghis Khan against the Tanguts. He crosses the Gobi Desert wit ...
), Chinese playwright and poet in the
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...
*
Roger-Bernard III of Foix (born
1243), the
Count of Foix
The Count of Foix ruled the County of Foix, in what is now Southern France, during the Middle Ages. The House of Foix eventually extended its power across the Pyrenees mountain range, joining the House of Bearn and moving their court to Pau in B ...
, poet and
troubadour
A troubadour (, ; ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female equivalent is usually called a ''trobairitz''.
The tr ...
1304:
*
Jehan de Lescurel
Jehan de Lescurel (; also Jehannot de l'Escurel) was a composer-poet of late medieval music. Jehan's extensive surviving ''oeuvre'' is an important and rare examples of the ''formes fixes'' before the time of Guillaume de Machaut; it consists of ...
(born ''unknown''),
French medieval
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poet and composer
1308:
*
Trần Nhân Tông
Trần Nhân Tông (7 December 1258–16 December 1308), Vietnamese name, personal name Trần Khâm, temple name Nhân Tông, was the third emperor of the Trần dynasty, reigning over Đại Việt from 1278 to 1293. After ceding the thron ...
(born
1258), Vietnamese third emperor of the
Trần dynasty
The Trần dynasty (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: Nhà Trần, chữ Nôm: 茹陳; Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: triều Trần, chữ Hán: ikt:朝ikt:陳, 朝wikt:陳, 陳), officially Đại Việt (Chữ Hán: 大越), was a List ...
who was also a prolific writer and poet
See also
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Poetry
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...
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14th century in poetry
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14th century in literature
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List of years in poetry
This article gives a chronological list of years in poetry. These pages supplement the List of years in literature pages with a focus on events in the history of poetry.
Before 1000 BC
* – '' Kesh Temple Hymn''
* – Enheduanna, ''The Exalta ...
*
Grands Rhétoriqueurs
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French Renaissance literature
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Renaissance literature
Renaissance literature refers to European literature which was influenced by the intellectual and cultural tendencies associated with the Renaissance. The literature of the Renaissance was written within the general movement of the Renaissance, ...
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Spanish Renaissance literature
Spanish Renaissance literature is the literature written in Spain during the Spanish Renaissance during the 15th and 16th centuries. .
Overview
Political, religious, literary, and military relations between Italy and Spain from the second half o ...
Other events:
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Other events of the 14th century
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Other events of the 15th century
15th century:
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15th century in poetry
Events
* 1445 - Printing press developed in Europe.
Works
* Moses da Rieti, ''Miqdash me'at'', Jewish literature#Poetry, Hebrew poet writing in Italy
* Per Raff Lille, ''Mariaviser'' ("Songs to Mary"), Danish poetry, DenmarkPreminger, Alex and T ...
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15th century in literature
This article is a list of the literary events and publications in the 15th century.
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Events
*1403 – A guild of stationers is founded in the City of London. As the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (the "Stationer ...
Notes
{{Lists of poets
14th-century poetry
Poetry
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...