Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, monachi Cestrensis: Together with the English Translations of John Trevisa and of an Unknown Writer of the Fifteenth Century: Volume 3

Ranulf Higden , Edited by Joseph Rawson Lumby

ISBN 10: 1108048528 / ISBN 13: 9781108048521

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, monachi Cestrensis: Together with the English Translations of John Trevisa and of an Unknown Writer of the Fifteenth Century: Volume 3
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108048528
• ISBN 13: 9781108048521
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.82 kilograms

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Synopsis

Ranulf Higden (d. 1364) was a monk at the abbey of St Werburgh in Chester. His most important literary work is this universal chronicle, which survives in over a hundred Latin manuscripts, testifying to its popularity. The earliest version of it dates from 1327, but Higden continued writing until his death, expanding and updating the text. It was also continued in other monastic houses, the most important being by John Malvern of Worcester. The English translation made by John Trevisa in the 1380s was also widely circulated and is included in this work, published in nine volumes for the Rolls Series between 1865 and 1886. The chronicle shows how fourteenth-century scholars understood world history and geography. Volume 3 contains the remainder of Book 2, and Book 3 covers the ancient world up to the age of Alexander the Great.

Book Description

This influential chronicle by Ranulf Higden (d.1364) reveals how fourteenth-century scholars understood world history and geography. It is particularly important as a source for contemporary English history. This nine-volume work was published between 1865 and 1886.