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Stephen Hawes Stephen Hawes ( – 1523) was an English poet of the Tudor period. Life He was probably born in Suffolk when the surname was common. If his own statement of his age may be trusted, he was born about 1474. He was educated at Oxford and travel ...

appointed to

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under

Henry VII of England Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509), also known as Henry Tudor, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor. Henr ...

* Poet Laureate John Skelton imprisoned

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Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

Pietro Bembo Pietro Bembo, (; 20 May 1470 – 18 January 1547) was a Venetian scholar, poet, and literary theory, literary theorist who also was a member of the Knights Hospitaller and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. As an intellectual of the Italian Re ...

, ''Terzerime'', published by

Aldus Manutius Aldus Pius Manutius (; ; 6 February 1515) was an Italian printer and Renaissance humanism, humanist who founded the Aldine Press. Manutius devoted the later part of his life to publishing and disseminating rare texts. His interest in and preser ...

Baptista Mantuanus Baptista Spagnuoli Mantuanus, O.Carm (, English: Battista the Mantuan or simply Mantuan; also known as Johannes Baptista Spagnolo; 17 April 1447 – 22 March 1516) was an Italian Carmelite reformer, humanist, and poet. Biography Spagnoli was b ...

, ''Sylvae'', eight volumes, Bologna;

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-language poetMantuanus, Baptist
''The Eclogues of Baptista Mantuanus''"> ''The Eclogues of Baptista Mantuanus''
edited by Wilfred Pirt Mustard, The Johns Hopkins press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books, May 17, 2009 *

Jacopo Sannazaro Jacopo Sannazaro (; 28 July 1458 – 6 August 1530) was an Italian poet, Renaissance humanism, humanist, member and head of the Accademia Pontaniana from Kingdom of Naples, Naples. He wrote easily in Latin language, Latin, in Italian and in Neap ...

, ''Arcadia'', a pirated edition (the author officially sanctioned publication in

1504 __NOTOC__ Year 1504 ( MDIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – French troops of King Louis XII surrender Gaeta to the Spanish, under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba. * J ...

); a manuscript of the original work is dated 1489, with two eclogues and connecting prose added later, seemingly reflecting the author's distress at political developments of about 1500;

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

Bondanella, Peter, and Julia Conaway Bondanella, co-editors, ''Dictionary of Italian Literature'', Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1979

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Conradus Celtis Conrad Celtes (; ; 1 February 1459 – 4 February 1508) was a German Renaissance humanist scholar and poet of the German Renaissance born in Franconia (nowadays part of Bavaria). He led the theatrical performances at the Viennese court and re ...

, ''Amores'', folk poem,

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poet writing in

Kurian, George Thomas, ''Timetables of World Literature'', New York: Facts on File Inc., 2003,

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ear In vertebrates, an ear is the organ that enables hearing and (in mammals) body balance using the vestibular system. In humans, the ear is described as having three parts: the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear. The outer ear co ...

in poetry" article: *

Guillaume Bigot Guillaume Bigot (2 June 1502 - c. 1550) was a writer, doctor, humanist, and poet in French and Latin. His ''Christianae philosophiae Praeludium'' (''Prelude to Christian Philosophy'') was published in Toulouse in 1549. Its four books are devote ...

(died 1550), French writer, doctor, humanist and poet in French and Latin *

Benedetto Varchi Benedetto Varchi (; 1502/15031565) was an Italian humanist, historian, and poet. Biography Born in Florence to a family that had originated at Montevarchi, he frequented the neoplatonic academy that Bernardo Rucellai organized in his garden, the ...

, some sources say he may have been born this year or

1503 __NOTOC__ Year 1503 ( MDIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 20 – Seville in Castile is awarded exclusive rights to trade with the New World. * January 24 – Con ...

, others say his birth year is 1503Web page title
"Tra Medioevo en rinascimento"
at Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina website (in Italian), retrieved May 14, 2009
Archived
2009-05-27. (died

1565 Year 1565 ( MDLXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 3 – In the Tsardom of Russia, Ivan the Terrible originates the oprichnina (repression of the boyars (aristocrats) ...

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Olivier de la Marche Olivier de la Marche (1425–1502) was a courtier, soldier, chronicler and poet in the last decades of the independent Duchy of Burgundy. He was close to Charles the Bold, and after his death held the important position of maître d'hotel to his ...

(born 1426), French poet and chronicler * Also: ** Elisio Calenzio (born

1430 1430 (Roman numerals, MCDXXX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 7 – Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, marries Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Isabella of Po ...

-language poet **

Jalaladdin Davani Jalal al-Din al-Dawani (; 1426/7 – 1502), also known as Allama Davani (), was a theologian, philosopher, jurist, and poet, who is considered to have been one of the leading scholars in late 15th-century Iran. A native of the town of Davan, Fars ...

(born 1426), Iranian philosopher, theologian, jurist and poet ** Gian Giacomo della Croce, died after this year (born c. 1450),

-language poet **

Gwerful Mechain Gwerful Mechain (fl. 1460–1502), is the only female medieval Welsh poet from whom a substantial body of work is known to have survived. She is known for her erotic poetry, in which she praised the vulva among other things. Life Gwerful Mech ...

, died about this year (born c. 1460?), female Welsh erotic poet ** Bonino Mombrizio, died

1482 Year 1482 ( MCDLXXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 19 – A Portuguese fleet, commanded by Diogo de Azambuja, arrives at the mouth of the River Benya on the Go ...

or this year (born 1424),

-language poet ** Octavien de Saint-Gelais (born 1468), French churchman, poet and translator ** Domnall mac Brian Ó hÚigínn (born unknown), Irish poet **

Sōgi Iio Sōgi, (or Inō Sōgi) generally known as , was a Japanese people, Japanese poet. He came from a humble family from the province of Kii Province, Kii or Ōmi Province, Ōmi, and died in Hakone, Kanagawa, Hakone on September 1, 1502. Sōgi wa ...

宗祇 (born 1421),

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

Zen monk who studied waka and

renga ''Renga'' (, ''linked poem'') is a genre of Japanese collaborative poetry in which alternating stanzas, or ''ku (''句), of 5-7-5 and 7-7 morae (sound units, not to be confused with syllables) per line are linked in succession by multiple poets ...

poetry, then became a professional renga poet in his 30s

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