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513: 447: 524: 208:. Trevisa's reputation as a writer rests principally on his translations of encyclopaedic works from Latin into English, undertaken with the support of his patron, Thomas (IV), the fifth Baron Berkeley, as a continuous programme of enlightenment for the laity. 497:, a universal history of the world, with additional consideration of his letter to Lord Berkeley, "Dialogue between a Lord and a Clerk," and interpolated notes as well as his other translations. The final chapter considers the reception of the English 164:, a medieval forerunner of the encyclopedia. It seems likely that he was the translator of the Bible into Cornish, a language, which until recently, was thought not to have possessed a bible translation. 79: 193:'s days, John Trevisa translated them into English, and many English Bibles in written hand are yet to be seen that divers translated, as it is very probable, in that age" 538: 609: 262:
Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, Monachi Cestrensis; together with the English translation of John Trevisa, and of an unknown Writer of the Fifteenth Century
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Subsequently, he translated a number of books of the Bible into French for Lord Berkeley, including a version of the
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and the third most frequently cited source for the first evidence of a word (after
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of 1611 singles him out as a translator amongst others at that time:
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1342–1402 AD) was a Cornish writer and professional translator.
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John Trevisa is the 18th most frequently cited author in the
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Polychronicon Ranulphi Higdin, Monachi Cestrensis, 1865
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A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
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Cambridge History of English and American Literature
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The Life and Times of John Trevisa, Medieval Scholar
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He translated into English for his patron the Latin
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Dent & Sons – via 610:14th-century English Roman Catholic priests 491:John Trevisa and the English Polychronicon 410:, Seattle: University of Washington Press 244:Ellis, Peter Berresford (1 January 1974). 246:"The Cornish Language and Its Literature" 171:, from 1372 to 1376 at the same time as 77: 425:Trevisa of Berkeley, a Celtic Firebrand 595:Fellows of the Queen's College, Oxford 562: 532: 321: 615:People from Berkeley, Gloucestershire 600:Translators of the Bible into English 299: 243: 605:Translators of the Bible into French 324:"John Trevisa and the English Bible" 16:English Bible translator (1342–1402) 302:"The Cornish Bible of John Trevisa" 283:"The Cornish Bible of John Trevisa" 13: 14: 626: 438: 280: 248:. Mass. – via Google Books. 522: 484:Dictionary of National Biography 445: 514:Works by or about John Trevisa 373: 362: 315: 293: 274: 270:(2282): 108–109. 22 July 1871. 252: 237: 1: 381:"Top 1000 sources in the OED" 230: 118:speaker. He was educated at 7: 553:On The Properties of Things 169:The Queen's College, Oxford 159:On the Properties of Things 10: 631: 555:, from the British Library 551:Digital view of Trevisa's 322:Fowler, David C. (1960). 287:Cornish Studies Volume 16 214:Oxford English Dictionary 162:(De Proprietatibus Rerum) 124:Berkeley, Gloucestershire 66: 58: 50: 30: 23: 585:Cornish-speaking people 580:Medieval Cornish people 427:. Dursley: Alan Sutton 406:David C. Fowler (1995) 392:David C. Fowler (1993) 191:King Richard the second 71:Queen's College, Oxford 183:. The preface to the 155:Bartholomaeus Anglicus 122:, and became Vicar of 120:Exeter College, Oxford 100: 85: 590:Writers from Cornwall 505:Works by John Trevisa 81: 534:Cousin, John William 309:Bible Review journal 177:Nicholas of Hereford 501:in the Renaissance. 201:Book of Revelation 185:King James Version 126:, chaplain to the 86: 509:Project Gutenberg 421:Eric Gethyn-Jones 128:5th Lord Berkeley 76: 75: 43:St. Enoder parish 622: 547: 526: 518:Internet Archive 480:Trevisa, John de 455: 450: 449: 448: 385: 384: 377: 371: 366: 360: 359: 328:Modern Philology 319: 313: 312: 306: 297: 291: 290: 278: 272: 271: 256: 250: 249: 241: 219:Geoffrey Chaucer 181:Wycliffe's Bible 132:Westbury on Trym 21: 20: 630: 629: 625: 624: 623: 621: 620: 619: 560: 559: 461:John of Trevisa 453:Cornwall portal 451: 446: 444: 441: 389: 388: 379: 378: 374: 367: 363: 320: 316: 304: 298: 294: 279: 275: 258: 257: 253: 242: 238: 233: 206:Berkeley Castle 130:, and Canon of 101:Ioannes Trevisa 93:John of Trevisa 84: 46: 39: 37: 36: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 628: 618: 617: 612: 607: 602: 597: 592: 587: 582: 577: 572: 558: 557: 548: 520: 511: 502: 487: 477: 467: 457: 456: 440: 439:External links 437: 436: 435: 418: 404: 387: 386: 372: 361: 340:10.1086/389366 314: 292: 273: 251: 235: 234: 232: 229: 82: 74: 73: 68: 64: 63: 60: 56: 55: 52: 48: 47: 40: 34: 32: 28: 27: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 627: 616: 613: 611: 608: 606: 603: 601: 598: 596: 593: 591: 588: 586: 583: 581: 578: 576: 573: 571: 568: 567: 565: 556: 554: 549: 545: 541: 540: 535: 530: 529:public domain 525: 521: 519: 515: 512: 510: 506: 503: 500: 499:Polychronicon 496: 495:Polychronicon 492: 488: 485: 481: 478: 475: 471: 468: 466: 462: 459: 458: 454: 443: 434: 433:0-904387-20-8 430: 426: 422: 419: 417: 416:0-295-97427-3 413: 409: 405: 403: 402:0-86078-370-7 399: 395: 391: 390: 382: 376: 370: 365: 357: 353: 349: 345: 341: 337: 333: 329: 325: 318: 310: 303: 296: 288: 284: 281:Grigg, Erik. 277: 269: 268:The Athenaeum 265: 263: 255: 247: 240: 236: 228: 226: 225: 220: 216: 215: 209: 207: 203: 202: 196: 194: 192: 189:"even in our 186: 182: 178: 174: 170: 165: 163: 160: 156: 152: 151: 146: 145:Ranulf Higden 142: 141: 140:Polychronicon 135: 133: 129: 125: 121: 117: 113: 108: 106: 102: 98: 94: 90: 80: 72: 69: 65: 61: 59:Occupation(s) 57: 53: 49: 44: 33: 29: 22: 19: 552: 537: 498: 494: 483: 473: 470:John Trevisa 464: 424: 407: 394:John Trevisa 393: 375: 364: 334:(2): 81–98. 331: 327: 317: 308: 295: 286: 276: 267: 261: 254: 239: 222: 212: 210: 199: 197: 188: 173:John Wycliff 167:A fellow of 166: 161: 158: 148: 138: 136: 109: 92: 89:John Trevisa 88: 87: 35:John Trevisa 25:John Trevisa 18: 575:1402 deaths 570:1342 births 489:Jane Beal, 564:Categories 544:Wikisource 396:, Ashgate 369:Oxford DNB 300:Grigg, E. 231:References 41:Trevessa, 348:0026-8232 112:St Enoder 45:, England 536:(1910). 221:and the 67:Employer 531::  516:at the 423:(1978) 116:Cornish 486:, 1899 431:  414:  400:  356:434631 354:  346:  352:JSTOR 305:(PDF) 97:Latin 429:ISBN 412:ISBN 398:ISBN 344:ISSN 175:and 91:(or 54:1402 51:Died 38:1342 31:Born 507:at 336:doi 227:). 143:of 105:fl. 566:: 482:, 472:, 463:, 350:. 342:. 332:58 330:. 326:. 307:. 285:. 266:. 157:' 134:. 103:; 99:: 95:; 546:. 383:. 358:. 338:: 311:. 289:. 260:"

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St. Enoder parish
Queen's College, Oxford

Latin
fl.
St Enoder
Cornish
Exeter College, Oxford
Berkeley, Gloucestershire
5th Lord Berkeley
Westbury on Trym
Polychronicon
Ranulf Higden
Dialogue on Translation between a Lord and a Clerk
Bartholomaeus Anglicus
The Queen's College, Oxford
John Wycliff
Nicholas of Hereford
Wycliffe's Bible
King James Version
King Richard the second
Book of Revelation
Berkeley Castle
Oxford English Dictionary
Geoffrey Chaucer
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
"The Cornish Language and Its Literature"
"Polychronicon Ranulphi Higden, Monachi Cestrensis; together with the English translation of John Trevisa, and of an unknown Writer of the Fifteenth Century edited by Rev. Joseph Rawson Lumby, Vol. III"
"The Cornish Bible of John Trevisa"
"The Cornish Bible of John Trevisa"

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