Higden

Higden

Higden, Rolf, Benedictinermönch in St. Werberg in der Grafschaft Chester, st. 1363 od. 1377; er schr. eine Chronik in 7 Büchern von der Schöpfung bis 1357, lat. übersetzt als Polychronicum von I. Trevisa, herausgegeben u. mit einem 8. Buch vermehrt von Caxton, 1482, 1642; zum Theil bei Galels Quindecim scriptores historiae brit., Oxf. 1691.


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