Suchergebnisse

Reconstructing the curricular development process : the insider's narrative / The Eklavya Team -- Civics curriculum and textbooks / Amman Madan -- Geography curriculum and textbooks / Yemuna Sunny and Kamala Menon -- History curriculum and textbooks / Tripta Wahi -- Social science texts : a pedagogic perspective / Poonam Batra and Disha Nawani -- Dynamics of knowledge and praxis : a view from the field / The Eklavya Team -- Conclusion / Poonam Batra

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