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Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, monachi Cestrensis, Together with the English Translations of John Trevisa and of an Unknown Writer of the Fifteenth Century, Ranulf Higden, Edited by Joseph Rawson Lumby, Volume 8

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Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, monachi Cestrensis, Together with the English Translations of John Trevisa and of an Unknown Writer of the Fifteenth Century, Ranulf Higden, Edited by Joseph Rawson Lumby, Volume 8

Language

eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, monachi Cestrensis

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1097152389

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Ranulf Higden, Edited by Joseph Rawson Lumby

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Cambridge library collection. RollsCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

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Together with the English Translations of John Trevisa and of an Unknown Writer of the Fifteenth Century

Summary

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, most importantly 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 8 concludes Book 7, reaching the reign of Edward III. The appendices contain some of the continuations written after Higden's death.--, Provided by publisher

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