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Right there but still unnoticed information on dGa' Idan pho brang Mi ser from archival material published in German(y) Jeanne Bischoff -- The role of the Ambans in the Dalai Lama government according to the Ten-Point Edict Kalsang Norbu Gurung -- In search of the Tibetan translators within the Manchu empire an attempt to go from the global to the local Fabienne Jagou -- On the edition, structure, and authorship of the Weizang Tongzhi Liu Yuxuan -- Sde srid Sangs rgyas rgya mtsho's short remarks on ordeals in his Guidelines for Government Officials Christoph Cüppers -- An almost forgotten dGe lugs pa incarnation line as Manorial Lord in bKra shis ljongs, Central Tibet Peter Schwieger -- How to tame a wild monastic elephant Drepung monastery according to the great Fifth Berthe Jansen -- How should we define social status? The study of "intermediate groups" in Central Tibet (1895-1959) Alice Travers -- Who were the Tibetan lawmakers? Fernanda Pirie -- Recapturing runaways, or administration through contract the 1830 covenant (Gan rgya) on Kotapa Tax exiles and Sikkimese border regions Saul Mullard -- Reflections on recruitment and ritual economy in three Himalayan village monasteries Astrid Hovden -- Hidden Himalayan transcripts strategies of social opposition in Mustang (Nepal), 19th-20th centuries Charles Ramble

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