Barbarism and Religion, Vol. 1
Subtitle: The Enlightenments of Edward Gibbon, 1737-1764
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 2, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780521797597
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); History of ideas, intellectual history; Philosophy; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Europe; General; Historiography; History & Theory - General; Gibbon, Edward,--1737-1794.--History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire; Political Science / History & Theory
First sentence: The purpose of this volume will be to effect a series of contextualisations: to situate Gibbon's life in a succession of settings, in which his creation of the text of the Decline and Fall may be usefully understood.