1614 in literature

1614 in literature

The year 1614 in literature involved some significant events.

Events

*Sir Francis Bacon's dual role as MP and attorney-general is objected to by Parliament.
*Izaak Walton owns an ironmonger's shop in Fleet Street, London.
*Lope de Vega becomes a priest.
*Luís de Sousa becomes a Dominican friar.
*"The Duchess of Malfi" is first performed at the Globe Theatre, London.
*Pietro Della Valle begins his travels.
*Madeleine de Souvré marries the marquis de Sablé.
*London sees a controversy between actors and watermen. In the first six months of the year, no theatres operate on the south bank of the Thames, causing a severe decline in demand for the watermen's taxi service. The watermen respond by proposing to limit the locations of the theatres around London, much to the actors' displeasure. The rebuilt Globe Theatre opens by June, and Philip Henslowe's new Hope Theatre opens in October, negating the watermen's complaint. John Taylor the Water Poet describes the controversy in his "The True Cause of the Watermen's Suit Concerning Players".
*On January 25, the Lady Elizabeth's Men perform the formerly controversial "Eastward Ho" at Court; the same company acts Jonson's "Bartholomew Fair" at Court on November 1, a day after its premier.

New books

*Johannes Althusius - "Politica Methodice Digesta"
*Johannes Valentinus Andreae - "Fama fraternitatis Roseae Crucis oder Die Bruderschaft des Ordens der Rosenkreuzer"
*Alonso Jerónimo de Salas Barbadillo - "El Cavallero puntual"
*New edition of the King James Version of the Bible in a "user-friendly" Roman typeface
*Michael Maier - "Arcana arcanissima"

New drama

*Anonymous - "The Masque of Flowers"
*Samuel Daniel - "Hymen's Triumph"
*Ben Jonson - "Bartholomew Fair"
*Johannes Messenius - "Blanckamäreta"
*Anthony Munday - "Himatia-Poleos"
*Robert Tailor - "The Hog Hath Lost His Pearl" published

Poetry

*William Browne - "The Shepherd's Pipe"
*Miguel de Cervantes - "Viaje del Parnaso"

Births

*October 12 - Henry More, philosopher (died 1687)
*"date unknown" - Juan de Matos Fragoso, dramatist (died 1689)
*"date unknown" - Hallgrímur Pétursson, poet (died 1674)
*"probable" - John Lilburne, political author and agitator (died 1657)

Deaths

*July 1 - Isaac Casaubon, classical scholar (born 1559)
*July 15 - Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, historian and biographer (born c1540)
*"date unknown" - William Bathe, teacher of languages (born [1564] )
*"date unknown" - Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, poet and author (born 1556)
*"date unknown" - Joshua Falk, Hebraic scholar (born 1555)
*"date unknown" - Simon Grahame, miscellaneous author (born 1570)
*"date unknown" - John Spenser, editor and translator (born 1559)
*"date unknown" - Cristóbal de Virués, dramatist and poet (born 1550)


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