Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, Monachi Cestrensis: Together with the English Translations of John Trevisa and of an Unknown Writer of the Fifteenth ... 4 (Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108048536 ISBN 13: 9781108048538

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

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, 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 4 contains the rest of Book 3, on the Hellenistic period up to the birth of Christ, and the start of Book 4, up to the end of the first century CE.

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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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108048536
• ISBN 13: 9781108048538
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 572
• Editor: Lumby Joseph Rawson