This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1548.

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  • Hôtel de Bourgogne opens as a theatre in Paris.
  • Roger Ascham becomes tutor to Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth I of England.^[1]

• Mikael Agricola – Se Wsi Testamenti (first translation of New Testament into Finnish)
• Edward Hall (posthumously) – The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre Families of Lancastre and Yorke (commonly called Hall's Chronicle)
• Gruffudd Hiraethog – Oll synnwyr pen Kembero ygyd (posthumous collection of Welsh proverbs by William Salesbury)^[2]
• Martynas Mažvydas – The Simple Words of Catechism (first printed book in Lithuanian)
• Catherine Parr – The Lamentation of a Sinner
• Paolo Pino – Dialogo di pittura
• William Salesbury – A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe
• Nicholas Udall – The first tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the newe testamente
• Thomas Vicary – Anatomie of the bodie of man

• John Bale – Kynge Johan

• See 1548 in poetry

• May – Carel van Mander, Dutch painter and poet (died 1606)
• July 8 – Kim Jang-saeng, Korean scholar, politician and writer (died 1631)
• September 2 – Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian writer on architecture (died 1616)
• November – André Guijon, French orator (died 1631)
• November 27 – Jacopo Mazzoni, Italian philosopher (died 1598)
• Unknown date – Luis Barahona de Soto, Spanish poet (died 1595)

• February 26 – Lorenzino de' Medici, Italian writer, 33
• June 6 – João de Castro, Portuguese explorer and writer, 48^[3]
• October 27 – Johannes Dantiscus, Polish poet and bishop, 63
• Unknown date – Cristoforo di Messisbugo, Italian food writer