1502 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1502. Events June – England's Poet Laureate John Skelton is believed to have been tried, in a case brought by the London Prior of St Bartholomew's, and subsequently imprisoned, possibly at the instigation of Cardinal Wolsey. unknown dates Aldine Press editions of Dante's Divine Comedy, Herodotus' Histories (in Greek and Italian parallel text) and Sophocles are published in Venice. The English poet Stephen Hawes is appointed Groom of the Chamber to King Henry VII of England. New books Prose Niccolò Machiavelli – Discourse about the Provision of Money (Discorso sopra la provisione del danaro) Shin Maha Thilawuntha – Yazawin Kyaw