The Chronicles of Rome: an edition of the Middle English Chronicle of popes and emperors and The Lollard chronicle
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In: Medieval chronicles 1
In: Garland medieval texts vol. 19
In: Garland reference library of the humanities vol. 1778
In: Middle English texts 7
In: The African American history series 1
In: Early English Text Society
In: [Original series] No. 285
In: Cambridge library collection
In: Rolls
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