1480s in poetry

• Robert Henryson's cycle The Morall Fabillis probably composed in the 1480s; earliest datable manuscripts of John Barbour's Scottish chivalric epic, Brus, also in this decade. ==Works published==

1480: 1481: • Luigi Pulci, Morgante, a 23-canto version (see also 1473, 1482 and the final Morgante Maggiore 1483); Italy 1482: • Luigi Pulci, Morgante, a 23-canto version (see also 1473, 1481 and the final, 28-canto Morgante Maggiore 1483); Italy 1483: • Geoffrey Chaucer, English, all posthumously published: • The House of Fame, edited by William Caxton, an unfinished dream-poem; Caxton wrote the 12-line conclusion • Troilus and Criseyde, published anonymously, publication year uncertain • John Lydgate, , written at the request of Henry V of England; a very popular poem, with many manuscript copies extant in modern times; Great Britain 1488: • Sogi, Poem of One Hundred Links Composed by Three Poets at Minase, Japan 1489: • François Villon, Le Grant Testament Villon et le petit. Son codicille. Le jargon & ses ballades, this was the first publication of various poems of the author, although some are incomplete; includes Poems 1–6 of his "Ballades en jargon"Paris: Pierre Levet (Poems 7–11 were first published in 1892), France ==Births==

by Erhard Schön, c. 1522 Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 1480: • Pir Sultan Abdal (died 1550), Ottoman Empire • Girolamo Angeriano, also known as "Hieronymus Angerianus" born sometime between about 1470 and about 1490 (died 1535), Italian, Latin-language poet; sources differ on his birth year, with some stating 1470, others giving "c. 1480" and another c. 1490 • Giovanni Cotta, born about this year (died 1510), Italian, Latin-language poet 1484: • Jón Arason (died 1550), Icelandic Roman Catholic bishop and poet • Purandara Dasa (died 1564), Hindu composer of Carnatic music and Kannada poetry • Niklaus Manuel (died 1530), Swiss, German-language poet • Giulio Cesare Scaligero, (died 1558), Italian, Latin-language poet • Paul Speratus (died 1581), German • Huldrych Zwingli (died 1531), Swiss theologian, priest, poet, and writer 1485: • November 30 – Veronica Gambara (died 1550), Italian poet, stateswoman and political leader born in Lombardy • Hanibal Lucić (died 1553), Croatian poet and playwright • Nikolaus Decius (died sometime after 1546), German • Marco Girolamo Vida born about this year (died 1566), Italian, Latin-language poet 1486: • Pedro Manuel Jiménez de Urrea, (died 1535), Spanish Renaissance poet and playwright 1487: • Petar Hektorović (died 1572), Croatian writer, poet and collector 1488: • January 6 – Helius Eobanus Hessus (died 1540), German, Latin poet • Ulrich von Hutten (died 1523), German • Michael Weiße (died 1534), German theologian and hymn writer • Yang Shen (died 1559), Chinese poet 1489: • Francesco Maria Molza (died 1544), Italian, Latin-language poet • Thomas Müntzer (died 1525), German • Rupa Goswami (died 1564), Hindu devotional teacher, poet, and philosopher ==Deaths==

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 1480: • December 14 – Niccolò Perotti, also known as "Perotto" or "Nicolaus Perottus" (born 1430, according to some sources, or either year, according to still others) Italian humanist, translator, author of one of the first modern Latin school grammars, and Latin-language poet • Giovanni Mario Filelfo (born 1426), Italian, Latin-language poet • Probable date – Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal (born 1430), Welsh poet writing in English, the first known to do so • Approximate date – Raffaele Zovenzoni (born 1431), Italian, Latin-language poet 1481: • Ikkyū (born 1394), eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet • Approximate date – Narsinh Mehta, alternate spelling: Narasingh Mehta (born c. 1414), Indian, Gujarati-language Hindu poet-saint notable as a bhakta, an exponent of Hindu devotional religious poetry; acclaimed as Adi Kavi (Sanskrit for "first among poets") of Gujarat, where he is especially revered 1482: • (or 1502) – Bonino Mombrizio (born 1424), Italian, Latin-language poet 1483: • Anthony Woodville (born c. 1422), English poet and translator • Approximate date – Richard Holland, Scottish cleric and poet 1484: • August 24 – Ippolita Maria Sforza (born 1446), Italian noblewoman and writer • November 11 – Luigi Pulci (born 1432), Italian poet and diplomat • Paolo Marsi (born 1440), Italian, Latin-language poet 1485: • Lorenzo Lippi da Colle (born 1440), Italian, Latin-language poet (not to be confused with Lorenzo Lippi (1606–1664), Italian painter and poet) 1486: • Ōta Dōkan (born 1432), Japanese samurai warrior-poet, military tactician and Buddhist monk; said to have been a skilled poet, but only fragments of his verse survive 1487: 1488: • Andronico Callisto, died sometime after 1487, Italian, Latin-language poet 1489: • Antonio Geraldini (born c. 1449–1489), Italian, Latin-language poet ==See also==