The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

duimnael|regs|222px|Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)
***The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire*** is 'n sesvolume werk van die Engelse historikus Edward Gibbon. Dit spoor die Westerse beskawing (sowel as die Islamitiese en  Mongoolse verowerings) vanaf die hoogtepunt (die Nerva–Antonynse dinastie) van die Romeinse Ryk tot die val van Bisantium na. Volume I is in 1776 gepubliseer en ses keer herdruk. Volumes II en III is in 1781 gepubliseer; en volumes IV, V en VI in 1788–1789.

Die ses boekdele dek die geskiedenis vanaf 98 v.C. tot 1590, dit wil sê die Romeinse Ryk en die ontstaan daarvan, die geskiedenis van die vroeë Christendom en van die Romeinse Staatskerk, sowel as die geskiedenis van Europa. Dit bespreek onder andere die agteruitgang van die Romeinse Ryk.

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## Verdere leeswerk
* Brownley, Martine W. "Appearance and Reality in Gibbon's History," *Journal of the History of Ideas* 38:4 (1977), 651–666.
* Brownley, Martine W. "Gibbon's Artistic and Historical Scope in the Decline and Fall," *Journal of the History of Ideas* 42:4 (1981), 629–642.
* Cosgrove, Peter. ''Impartial Stranger: History and Intertextuality in Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'' (Newark:  Associated University Presses, 1999) .
* Craddock, Patricia. "Historical Discovery and Literary Invention in Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall'," *Modern Philology* 85:4 (Mei 1988), 569–587.
* Drake, H.A., "Lambs into Lions: explaining early Christian intolerance," *Past and Present* 153 (1996), 3–36. Oxford Journals
* Furet, Francois. "Civilization and Barbarism in Gibbon's History," *Daedalus* 105:3 (1976), 209–216.
* Gay, Peter. *Style in History* (New York: Basic Books, 1974) .
* Ghosh, Peter R. "Gibbon's Dark Ages: Some Remarks on the Genesis of the *Decline and Fall*," *Journal of Roman Studies* 73 (1983), 1–23.
* Homer-Dixon, Thomas "The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization", 2007 , Hoofstuk 3 pp. 57–60
* Kelly, Christopher. "A Grand Tour: Reading Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall'," *Greece & Rome* 2nd ser., 44:1 (Apr. 1997), 39–58.
* Momigliano, Arnaldo. "Eighteenth-Century Prelude to Mr. Gibbon," in Pierre Ducrey et al., eds., ''Gibbon et Rome à la lumière de l'historiographie moderne* (Genève: Librairie Droz, 1977).
* Momigliano, Arnaldo. "Gibbon from an Italian Point of View," in G.W. Bowersock et al., eds., *Edward Gibbon and the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire* (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1977).
* Momigliano, Arnaldo. "Declines and Falls," *American Scholar'' 49 (Winter 1979), 37–51.
* Momigliano, Arnaldo. "After Gibbon's *Decline and Fall*," in Kurt Weitzmann, ed. *Age of Spirituality : a symposium* (Princeton: 1980); .
* Pocock, J.G.A. *Barbarism and Religion*, 4 vols.  Cambridge University Press.
** vol. 1, *The Enlightenments of Edward Gibbon, 1737–1764*, 1999 [hb: ];
** vol. 2, *Narratives of Civil Government*, 1999 [hb: ];
** vol. 3, *The First Decline and Fall*, 2003 [pb: ].
** vol. 4, *Barbarians, Savages and Empires*, 2005 [hb: ].
** *The Work of J.G.A. Pocock*: *Edward Gibbon* afdeling.
* Roberts, Charlotte. *Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History*. 2014 Oxford University Press 
* Trevor-Roper, H.R. "Gibbon and the Publication of *The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire*, 1776–1976," *Journal of Law and Economics* 19:3 (Okt. 1976), 489–505.
* Womersley, David. ''The Transformation of 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Cambridge: 1988).
* Womersley, David, ed. *Religious Scepticism: Contemporary Responses to Gibbon* (Bristol, Engeland: Thoemmes Press, 1997).
* Wootton, David. "Narrative, Irony, and Faith in Gibbon's *Decline and Fall*," *History and Theory* 33:4 (Des. 1994), 77–105.

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* The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and a Vindication of Some Passages in the 15th and 16th Chapters  at Internet Archive