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Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, Monachi Cestrensis - Volume 1

Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, Monachi Cestrensis - Volume 1

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Medieval & Renaissance History

ISBN10: 1108048501
ISBN13: 9781108048507
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Nov 15 2012
Pages: 556
Weight: 1.78
Height: 1.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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 1 contains the first part of Book 1, which describes the historical geography of the known world.

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