13th century in literature
Overview of the events of 1210 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of the 13th century .
Events
1202 – Leonardo Fibonacci writes Liber Abaci modus Indorum , the Hindu–Arabic numeral system , including the use of zero ; it is the first major work in Europe to move away from the use of Roman numerals .[ 1]
1204 – The Imperial Library of Constantinople is destroyed by Christian knights of the Fourth Crusade and its contents burned or sold.[ 2]
1211 – Hélinand of Froidmont begins compiling his Chronicon .[ 3]
1215 – Bhiksu Ananda of Kapitanagar completes writing the Buddhist book Arya Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Sutra ), in gold ink in Ranjana script .
1216 – Roger of Wendover , English monk and chronicler, at St Albans Abbey , begins to cover contemporary events, in his continuation of the chronicle Flores Historiarum [ 4]
1217 – Alexander Neckam , English scholar and theologian, writes De naturis rerum ("On the Nature of Things"), a scientific encyclopedia.[ 5]
1220 – A new shrine built at Canterbury Cathedral in England to house the remains of St Thomas Becket quickly becomes one of Europe's major places of pilgrimage,[ 6] Geoffrey Chaucer 's set of narrative poems The Canterbury Tales [ 7]
1226: By August – The biographical poem L'histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal , commissioned to commemorate William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1219), a rare example at this time of a life of a lay person, is completed, probably by a Tourangeau layman called John in the southern Welsh Marches .[ 8]
1240 – Albert of Stade joins the Franciscan order and begins his chronicle.[ 9]
1249: September 27 – Chronicler Guillaume de Puylaurens is present at the death of Raymond VII of Toulouse .[ 10]
1251 – The carving is completed of the Tripitaka Koreana Buddhist scriptures recorded on some 81,000 wooden blocks, thought to have been started in 1236.[ 11]
1258: February 13 – The House of Wisdom in Baghdad is destroyed by forces of the Mongol Empire after the Siege of Baghdad . The waters of the Tigris are said to have run black with ink from the huge quantities of books flung into it, and red from the blood of the philosophers and scientists killed.
1274: May 1 – In Florence , the nine-year-old Dante Alighieri first sees the eight-year-old Beatrice , his lifelong muse.[ 12]
1276 – Merton College, Oxford , is first recorded as having a collection of books, making its Library the world's oldest in continuous daily use.[ 13]
1283 – Ram Khamhaeng , ruler of the Sukhothai Kingdom , creates the Thai alphabet (อักษรไทย), according to tradition.
1289 – Library of the Collège de Sorbonne, earliest predecessor of the Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne , is founded in Paris.[ 14]
1298–1299 – Marco Polo dictates his Travels Rustichello da Pisa while in prison in Genoa , according to tradition.
1300, Easter – The events of Dante 's Divine Comedy take place.[ 15]
New works
New drama
Births
c. 1200 – Matthew Paris , English chronicler and monk (died 1259)[ 24]
1200 – Rudolf von Ems , German nobleman, knight and poet (d. 1254 )[ 25]
1205 – Tikkana , Telugu poet (died 1288)
1207: September 9 – Rumi , Persian poet (died 1273)
c. 1210 – Henry de Bracton , English cleric and jurist (died c. 1268)
c. 1212 – Ibn Sahl of Seville , poet (died 1251)
1214 – Sturla Þórðarson , Icelandic writer of sagas and politician (died 1284)
1225: January 28 – Thomas Aquinas , Italian philosopher and theologian (died 1274)
c. 1230–1240 – Jacob van Maerlant , Flemish poet and writer in Middle Dutch (died c. 1288–1300)
1240 or 1241 – Mechtilde , German religious writer and saint (died 1298)
1248 – Angela of Foligno Italian mystic and saint (died 1309 )
1265 – Dante Alighieri , Italian poet (died 1321 )[ 26]
1266 (probable) – Duns Scotus , Scottish philosopher and theologian (died 1308 )
1275 – Dnyaneshwar , Maharashtrian sant
1279 – Muktabai , Maharashtrian sant and Abhang poet (died 1297)
c. 1280 – Ranulf Higden , English chronicler and Benedictine monk (died 1364 )
1283 (approximate)
Juan Ruiz , Archpriest of Hita, Castilian poet (died c. 1350)Yoshida Kenkō (吉田 兼好), Japanese author and Buddhist monk (died c. 1350)
1287: January 24 – Richard de Bury , English bishop and bibliophile (died 1345)
1293 or 1294 – John of Ruysbroeck (Jan van Ruysbroeck), Flemish mystic (died 1381 )
Unknown year – Thomas the Rhymer , Scottish laird and prophet
Deaths
Unknown – Palkuriki Somanatha , Telugu , Kannada and Sanskrit poet
1209
c. 1210 – Gottfried von Strassburg , German writer
1212 – Adam of Dryburgh , Anglo-Scots theologian (born c. 1140)
1223 – Gerald of Wales , Cambro-Norman churchman and topographer (born c. 1146)
1228 (probable) – Gervase of Tilbury , English lawyer, statesman and writer (born c. 1150)
1241: September 23 – Snorri Sturluson , Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (born 1179)
1241: September 26 – Fujiwara no Teika (藤原定家), Japanese waka poet, calligrapher, novelist, and scholar (born 1162 )
1251
1252 (probable) – Alberic of Trois-Fontaines , Cistercian chronicler
1253: October 9 – Robert Grosseteste , English churchman and scholar (born c. 1175)
1259: June – Matthew Paris , English chronicler and monk (born c. 1200)[ 27]
1268 – Henry de Bracton , English writer and jurist (born c. 1210)
1273: December 17 – Rumi , Persian poet (born 1207)
1274
1285 – Rutebeuf , French trouvère (probable; born c. 1245)[ 29]
1287: August 31 – Konrad von Würzburg , German poet[ 30]
1294
1298: July 13 or 16: Jacobus de Voragine , archbishop of Genoa and chronicler (born c. 1230)
See also
References
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