Short biographical dictionary of English literature . John W. Cousin. 2011.
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
John Trevisa — or John of Trevisa (1342 1402), translator, was a Cornishman, educated at Oxford, who became Vicar of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, chaplain to the 4th Lord Berkeley, and Canon of Westbury on Trym. He translated for his patron the Polychronicon of… … Wikipedia
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
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
Mercia — This article is about the Anglo Saxon kingdom. For the Spanish city, see Murcia. For other uses, see Mercia (disambiguation). Kingdom of Mercia Miercna rīce ← … Wikipedia
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
Bartholomeus Anglicus — (Bartholomew of England) (born before 1203–died 1272)[1] was an early 13th century scholastic scholar of Paris, a member of the Franciscan order. He was the author of the compendium De proprietatibus rerum ( On the Properties of Things , dated at … Wikipedia
Bartholomaeus Anglicus — Buchdeckel von De proprietatibus rerum Bartholomaeus Anglicus (auch: Bartholomew of England, Bartholomew the Englishman; * um 1190; † nach 1250) war ein franziskanischer Scholastiker und Autor von De proprietatibus rerum, einem Vorläufer der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Bartholomeus de Glanvilla — Bartholomaeus Anglicus (auch: Bartholomaeus de Glanvilla, Bartholomew of England, Bartholomew the Englishman; * um 1190; † nach 1250) war ein franziskanischer Scholastiker und Autor von De proprietatibus rerum, einem Vorläufer der Enzyklopädie… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Bartholomeus von Glanvilla — Bartholomaeus Anglicus (auch: Bartholomaeus de Glanvilla, Bartholomew of England, Bartholomew the Englishman; * um 1190; † nach 1250) war ein franziskanischer Scholastiker und Autor von De proprietatibus rerum, einem Vorläufer der Enzyklopädie… … Deutsch Wikipedia
