1270 in poetry
Events
- Tanaide Mor mac Dúinnín Ó Maolconaire becomes Ollamh Síl Muireadaigh in Ireland
- Three planhs are composed for the death of Louis IX of France:
- *Guilhem d'Autpol composes Fortz tristors es e salvaj'a retraire
- *Raimon Gaucelm de Bezers composes Ab grans trebalhs et ab grans marrimens
- *Austorc de Segret composeds No sai quim so, tan sui desconoissens
- Joan Esteve composes Aissi quol malanans, a planh on the death of Amalric I of Narbonne
- Jacob van Maerlant's ''Der naturen bloeme''
Births
- Cino da Pistoia, Italian jurist and poet