1559 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1559. Events April – The Act of Uniformity sets the order of prayer in accordance with a new version of the Book of Common Prayer. Before August – Pope Paul IV promulgates the Pauline Index, an early version of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. New books Prose Jacques Amyot (translator) Daphnis et Chloë, from Longus' Daphnis and Chloe Vies des hommes illustres, from Plutarch's Parallel Lives (begins) Joachim du Bellay – Discours au roi Realdo Colombo – De Re Anatomica Jorge de Montemayor – Diana Die Magdeburger Centurien (Magdeburg Centuries, first three volumes, publication continues up to 1574)