Edward Gibbon and Empire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521525053)

To understand Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire properly it is necessary to have knowledge of his historiographical and philosophical context. Gibbon is considered here not just for what he reveals of eighteenth-century intellectual attitudes, but for his forceful interpretation of the period. Leading experts in the field about which Gibbon himself wrote enter into dialogue with historians of the eighteenth century. New light is thereby thrown not only on Gibbon's text, but also on the degree to which he can be regarded as a trustworthy guide to late antiquity and the Middle Ages in the late twentieth century.

Author: Rosamond McKitterick
ISBN-10: 0521525055
ISBN-13: 9780521525053
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/18/2002
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.88w x 0.90d