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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This two-volume work was published as part of the Rolls Series
between 1889 and 1895. A history of England, it deals principally
with the period from 1066 until the death of author Henry Knighton
around 1396. An introductory section of material largely drawn from
Ranulf Higden adds what Knighton describes as necessary context to
the recounting of the Norman Conquest. Volume 1 covers the period
up to 1336, just before the start of the Hundred Years' War. It
begins with the last century of Anglo-Saxon rule - an age of
murders, treachery and 'evil times' - and covers the Norman period
and the Plantagenets, culminating in the murder of Edward II. As
editor, Joseph Rawson Lumby (1831-95) has been criticised for
oversights, errors and omissions. Nevertheless, his detailed
contents and marginalia make the Latin text more accessible to the
modern reader.
This two-volume work was published as part of the Rolls Series
between 1889 and 1895. A history of England, it deals principally
with the period from 1066 until the death of author Henry Knighton
around 1396. An introductory section of material largely drawn from
Ranulf Higden adds what Knighton describes as necessary context to
the recounting of the Norman Conquest. Volume 2 begins in 1337 at
the start of the Hundred Years' War and closes in a time of
comparative peace under the rule of Richard II. Included in this
volume is Joseph Rawson Lumby's editorial introduction, essentially
a precis of the text in which he details expansions upon and
divergences from Knighton's sources as well as instances of
independent authority. Lumby (1831-95) has been criticised for
oversights, errors and omissions. Nevertheless, his detailed
contents and marginalia make the Latin text more accessible to the
modern reader.
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