This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1526.
Events
Spring – The first complete printed translation of the
New Testament into English, by
William Tyndale (anonymously), arrives in England from
Germany, printing having been completed in
Worms by Peter Schöffer the younger, with other copies being printed in
Amsterdam.[1]
October –
Cuthbert Tunstall,
Bishop of London, attempts to collect all copies of Tyndale's New Testament in his diocese and burn them.
unknown dates
The New Testament is translated into
Swedish, as the first such official translation, made by
Olaus Petri under royal patronage.[4]
An edition of the Bible, Biblia Sacra, is printed by
Yolande Bonhomme in Paris, the first to be printed by a woman.[5]
New books
Prose
A Hundred Merry Tales (A C. Mary Talys, printed by
John Rastell and perhaps compiled by
John Heywood)
Martin Luther – The Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ – Against the Fanatics (Sakrament des Leibes and Blutes Christi wider die Schwarmgeister)