1375 in literature

1375 in literature

Events

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New books

*John Barbour - "The Brus"

Births

*"probable" - Juan Alfonso de Baena, troubadour (d. c. 1434)

Deaths

* December 21 - Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer (b. 1313)


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