Literature year 1490
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Further events
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 novel Tirant lo Blanc is published in Valencia in Old Catalan . |
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Events
prose
The courtly chivalric novel Tirant lo Blanc , mainly written by Joanot Martorell and finished by Martí Joan de Galba , is published in Valencia in the Old Catalan language . Due to its sharp realism, it is considered the cornerstone of the modern novel and is later described by Miguel de Cervantes, among others, as the “best book ever written”.
society
On February 12, 16-year-old Isabella d'Este , daughter of Ercole I d'Este , Duke of Ferrara , and granddaughter of King Ferdinand I of Naples, is married to Gianfrancesco II Gonzaga , Marquis of Mantua . Since her husband was serving as a military commander in the service of the Republic of Venice at that time , she took over government affairs. Under her patronage, the Court of Mantua developed into one of the cultural centers of Europe in the following years.
Born
- Rudolf Agricola , German printer and author († 1521 )
- Jean Salmon Macrin , neo-Latin poet of French origin († 1557 )
- around 1490: Juan Boscán Almogávar , Spanish poet († 1542 )
- around 1490: Matthäus Aurogallus , German historian, linguist and Hebraist († 1543 )
- around 1490: Juan de Valdés , Spanish secretary, humanist, theologian and author († 1541 )
Died
- Martí Joan de Galba , Catalan aristocrat and writer
- Arend De Keysere , Flemish printer of incunabula (* around 1450 )
