1551 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1551. Events June 27 – Edict of Châteaubriant prohibits possessing any books listed on the University of Paris's Index, translating the Bible or works of the Church Fathers, importing books from Geneva or other places not under the Catholic Church's control, or printing or selling any religious books written in the last 40 years. unknown dates Juan de Betanzos begins to write his "Narrative of the Incas". An edition of the Book of Common Prayer printed by Humphrey Powell, de facto King's Printer in Dublin, becomes the first book printed in Ireland. The first English language translation of Thomas More's Utopia (first published in Latin 1516), made by Ralph Robinson, is published in London. New books Prose Bishop Mikael Agricola – Abckiria (second edition) John Calvin – De Scandalis Bartolomé de las Casas – Historia general de las Indias Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski – Commentariorum De Republica emendanda libri quinque (Five Books of Commentaries on the Improvement of Commonwealth) Stoglav (Стоглав, Book of One Hundred Chapters), collection of decisions of the Stoglavy Synod that regulated canon law etc. in the Tsardom of Russia, especially everyday life and mores of the clergy.