Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, monachi cestrensis : together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century

Author(s)

• Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364
• Babington, Churchill
• Trevisa, John, d. 1402
• Lumby, J. Rawson (Joseph Rawson)

Bibliographic Information

Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, monachi cestrensis : together with the English translations of John Trevisa and of an unknown writer of the fifteenth century

edited by Churchill Babington

（Cambridge library collection, . Rolls series）

Cambridge University Press, c2012

• v. 1 : pbk
• v. 2 : pbk
• v. 3 : pbk
• v. 4 : pbk
• v. 5 : pbk
• v. 6 : pbk
• v. 7 : pbk
• v. 8 : pbk
• v. 9 : pbk

Note

Reprint. Originally published: v. 1: London : Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green , 1865 ; v. 2: London : Longman, Green , 1869 ; v. 3-9: London : Longman : Trübner , 1871-1886

"This digitally printed version 2012"--T.p. verso

Vol. 3- edited by Joseph Rawson Lumby

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781108048507

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. Volume 1 contains the first part of Book 1, which describes the historical geography of the known world.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Summary of contents
• Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber primus.

Volume

v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781108048514

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. Volume 2 contains the remainder of Book 1, on the description of Britain, and twenty-eight chapters of Book 2, on the early history of the world to the reign of Saul in Israel.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Summary of contents
• Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber primus, cap. XXXIX
• Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber secundus.

Volume

v. 3 : pbk ISBN 9781108048521

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, the most important being 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 3 contains the remainder of Book 2, and Book 3 covers the ancient world up to the age of Alexander the Great.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Summary of contents
• Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber secundus, cap. XXIX
• Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber tertius.

Volume

v. 4 : pbk ISBN 9781108048538

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. 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.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Summary of contents
• Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber tertius, cap. XXX
• Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber quartus
• Appendix.

Volume

v. 5 : pbk ISBN 9781108048545

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. 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.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Summary of contents
• Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber quartus, cap. XIII
• Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber quintus.

Volume

v. 6 : pbk ISBN 9781108048552

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. Volume 6 concludes Book 5, mostly on Anglo-Saxon England, and contains the beginning of Book 6, from King Alfred to the mid-tenth century.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Summary of contents
• Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber quintus, cap. XIII
• Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber sextus.

Volume

v. 7 : pbk ISBN 9781108048569

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. Volume 7 continues Book 6 from the mid-tenth century to 1066, also providing a history of Normandy. The first part of Book 7 covers the Norman Conquest to the reign of King Stephen.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Summary of contents
• Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber sextus, cap. X
• Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber septimus
• Appendix.

Volume

v. 8 : pbk ISBN 9781108048576

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. Volume 8 concludes Book 7, reaching the reign of Edward III. The appendices contain some of the continuations written after Higden's death.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Summary of contents
• Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, liber septimus, cap. XIX
• Appendices.

Volume

v. 9 : pbk ISBN 9781108048583

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 between 1865 and 1886. The chronicle shows how fourteenth-century scholars understood world history and geography. Volume 9 contains the continuation partly written by John Malvern, with the section from 1381 to 1394 now believed to have been written at Westminster. Glossaries and indexes to the entire work are also included.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Summary of contents
• Appendix (Johannes Malverne)
• English glossary
• Latin glossary
• Index nominum
• Index nominum ad volumen IX.

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• NCID: BB17024004
• ISBN:
  • 9781108048507
  • 9781108048514
  • 9781108048521
  • 9781108048538
  • 9781108048545
  • 9781108048552
  • 9781108048569
  • 9781108048576
  • 9781108048583
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: lat
• Text Language Code: englat
• Original Language Code: lat
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: 9 v.
• Size: 23 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB00083053