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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 author Joseph Rawson Lumby editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:15th Nov '12

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This fourteenth-century chronicle, published in nine volumes between 1865 and 1886, is particularly important for its contemporary sections.

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.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 5 concludes Book 4, covering the later Roman Empire and the Saxon invasion of Britain. The first part of Book 5 concentrates on the spread of Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England.

ISBN: 9781108048545

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 32mm

Weight: 830g

568 pages