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• Ranulf Higdon — (or Higden) (c. 1280 c. 1363), was an English chronicler and a Benedictine monk of the monastery of St. Werburgh in Chester, wherein he lived, it is said, for sixty four years, and died at a good old age, probably in 1363. He is believed to… …   Wikipedia

• Trevisa, John — (ca. 1342–ca. 1402)    John Trevisa was influential in making the English language an acceptable vehicle for important written works. His translations of the Latin texts of Ranulf HIGDEN’s Polychronicon (ca. 1385–87) and Bartholomaeus Anglicus’s… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

• Ranulf Higden —     Ranulf Higden     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ranulf Higden     (HYDON, HYGDEN, HIKEDEN.)     Benedictine chronicler; died 1364. He was a west country man, and was professed a monk at the Abbey of St. Werburg, Chester, in 1299. Beyond this… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• De mirabilibus urbis Romae — De mirabilibus urbis Romae, preserved in a single manuscript,[1] is a medieval guide in Latin to the splendors of Rome, which was written in the mid twelfth century by a certain Magister Gregorius ( Master Gregory ) of Oxford.[2] The outlook here …   Wikipedia

• Higden, Ranulf — (Ralph Hikedon) (ca. 1285–1364)    Ranulf Higden was a Benedictine monk of Saint Werburgh’s Abbey in Chester, who wrote several theological texts but is best known for his Historia polychronica, or Polychronicon a universal history in Latin prose …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

• Higden, Ranulf — ▪ British historian Higden also spelled  Higdon   born c. 1280, , western England died March 12, 1364, Chester, Cheshire       English monk and chronicler remembered for his Polychronicon, a compilation of much of the knowledge of his age.… …   Universalium

• Ранульф Хигден — (Ranulf Higdon или Higden, ум. ок. 1364)  автор Polychronicon (ок. 1347), хроники на латинском языке, описывающей исторические события от сотворения мира до 1342 года. Хигден с 1299 года был монахом из бенедиктинского аббатства Святой… …   Википедия

• Siege of Jerusalem (poem) — Siege of Jerusalem is the title commonly given to an anonymous Middle English epic poem created in the second half of the 14th century (possibly ca. 1370 1380). The poem is composed in the alliterative manner popular in medieval English poetry,… …   Wikipedia

• Ranulf Higden — Ranulf Higdon Ranulf Higdon (également appelé Higden) (né vers 1299 dans l´Ouest de l´Angleterre et décédé vers 1363) est un chroniqueur anglais et un moine bénédictin du monastère de Saint Weburg à Chester où il vécut, selon lui, pendant 64 ans …   Wikipédia en Français

• Ranulf Higdon — (également appelé Higden) (né vers 1299 dans l´Ouest de l´Angleterre et décédé vers 1363) est un chroniqueur anglais et un moine bénédictin du monastère de Saint Weburg à Chester où il vécut, selon lui, pendant 64 ans. Biographie La principale… …   Wikipédia en Français