Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, monachi Cestrensis 9 Volume Set
Together with the English Translations of John Trevisa and of an Unknown Writer of the Fifteenth Century
Published on 15. November 2012
Book
5304 pages
978-1-108-04859-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 485 mm
Width: 350 mm
Thickness: 183 mm
Weight
9110 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-04859-0 (9781108048590)
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Content
Volume 1: Introduction; Summary of contents; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber primus. Volume 2: Introduction; Summary of contents; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber primus, cap. XXXIX; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber secundus. Volume 3: Introduction; Summary of contents; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber primus, cap. XXXIX; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber secundus. Volume 4: Introduction; Summary of contents; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber tertius, cap. XXX; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber quartus; Appendix. Volume 5: Introduction; Summary of contents; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber quartus, cap. XIII; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber quintus. Volume 6: Introduction; Summary of contents; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber quintus, cap. XIII; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber sextus. Volume 7: Introduction; Summary of contents; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber sextus, cap. X; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber septimus; Appendix. Volume 8: Introduction; Summary of contents; Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber septimus, cap. XIX; Appendices. Volume 9: Introduction; Summary of contents; Appendix (Johannes Malverne); English glossary; Latin glossary; Index nominum; Index nominum ad volumen IX.