Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, monachi Cestrensis
Together with the English Translations of John Trevisa and of an Unknown Writer of the Fifteenth Century

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

Ranulf Higden (Author), Joseph Rawson Lumby (Edited by)

9781108048521, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 November 2012

564 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.82 kg

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.

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

Subject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC]