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Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between
1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical
writing which can only perish with the language itself. Its length
alone is a measure of its monumental quality: seventy-one chapters,
of which twenty-eight appear in full in this edition. With style,
learning and wit, Gibbon takes the reader through the history of
Europe from the second century AD to the fall of Constantinople in
1453 - an enthralling account by 'the greatest of the historians of
the Enlightenment'. This edition includes Gibbon's footnotes and
quotations, here translated for the first time, together with brief
explanatory comments, a precis of the chapters not included, 16
maps, a glossary, and a list of emperors.
On the death of Edward Gibbon (1737-94), his unpublished papers
were left to his friend John Baker Holroyd, first earl of
Sheffield, who published them in two volumes in 1796. Gibbon had
written six manuscript accounts of his own life, and, according to
Sheffield, had always intended to publish his autobiography in his
lifetime. The memoir as edited by Sheffield begins with Gibbon's
family history, and taking in his education, travels, and career as
a historian, finishes with his anxiety over the future of Europe in
1788. Sheffield then continues the story until Gibbon's death
through his correspondence, providing a linking narrative, and
this, together with 210 other letters to and from Gibbon, takes up
Volume 1. His great work, The History of the Decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire, is also reissued (in the 1896-1900 edition by J.
B. Bury) in the Cambridge Library Collection.
On the death of Edward Gibbon (1737-94), his unpublished papers
were left to his friend John Baker Holroyd, first earl of
Sheffield, who published them in two volumes in 1796. Volume 2
contains abstracts from Gibbon's reading, with his reflections on
what he read, and extracts from his journal (sometimes in French,
with a parallel translation), short pieces on various aspects of
Roman history, an outline of his planned history of the world from
the ninth to the end of the fifteenth century, literary criticism,
a history of the House of Brunswick (ancestors of the Hanoverian
British royal family), and a riposte to a criticism of his own
great work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire, which is also reissued (in the 1896-1900 edition by J. B.
Bury) in the Cambridge Library Collection.
The pre-eminent historian of his day, Edward Gibbon (1737-94)
produced his magnum opus in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.
Reissued here is the authoritative seven-volume edition prepared by
J. B. Bury (1861-1927) between 1896 and 1900. Immediately and
widely acclaimed, Gibbon's work remains justly famous for its
magisterial account of Roman imperialism and Christianity from the
first century CE through to the fall of Constantinople and beyond.
Innovative in its use of primary sources and notable for its tone
of religious scepticism, this epic narrative stands as a
masterpiece of English literature and historical scholarship.
Volume 1 commences with the early emperors and a survey of the
empire's extent and expansion. Examining Roman culture, law,
government, slavery and agriculture, Gibbon guides the reader
through three centuries to Constantine's emergence as sole emperor
in 324.
The pre-eminent historian of his day, Edward Gibbon (1737-94)
produced his magnum opus in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.
Reissued here is the authoritative seven-volume edition prepared by
J. B. Bury (1861-1927) between 1896 and 1900. Immediately and
widely acclaimed, Gibbon's work remains justly famous for its
magisterial account of Roman imperialism and Christianity from the
first century CE through to the fall of Constantinople and beyond.
Innovative in its use of primary sources and notable for its tone
of religious scepticism, this epic narrative stands as a
masterpiece of English literature and historical scholarship.
Volume 2 seeks to explain the rise of Christianity, focusing on its
emergence from and early interactions with Judaism, and the nature
of Christian belief and worship. It also examines the founding of
Constantinople and the pagan reign of Julian.
The pre-eminent historian of his day, Edward Gibbon (1737-94)
produced his magnum opus in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.
Reissued here is the authoritative seven-volume edition prepared by
J. B. Bury (1861-1927) between 1896 and 1900. Immediately and
widely acclaimed, Gibbon's work remains justly famous for its
magisterial account of Roman imperialism and Christianity from the
first century CE through to the fall of Constantinople and beyond.
Innovative in its use of primary sources and notable for its tone
of religious scepticism, this epic narrative stands as a
masterpiece of English literature and historical scholarship.
Volume 3 mainly covers the period 363-455 CE, including the
division of the Eastern and Western Empires, the rise of the Huns,
the end of paganism, the German invasion of Gaul, the Vandal
conquest of Africa, and the life of Attila the Hun.
The pre-eminent historian of his day, Edward Gibbon (1737-94)
produced his magnum opus in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.
Reissued here is the authoritative seven-volume edition prepared by
J. B. Bury (1861-1927) between 1896 and 1900. Immediately and
widely acclaimed, Gibbon's work remains justly famous for its
magisterial account of Roman imperialism and Christianity from the
first century CE through to the fall of Constantinople and beyond.
Innovative in its use of primary sources and notable for its tone
of religious scepticism, this epic narrative stands as a
masterpiece of English literature and historical scholarship.
Volume 4 focuses on the fifth and sixth centuries CE, examining the
Vandal sack of Rome and the fall of the Western Empire, the
conversion of barbarians to Christianity, the Saxon conquest of
Britain, and the wars of the Goths and the Vandals.
The pre-eminent historian of his day, Edward Gibbon (1737-94)
produced his magnum opus in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.
Reissued here is the authoritative seven-volume edition prepared by
J. B. Bury (1861-1927) between 1896 and 1900. Immediately and
widely acclaimed, Gibbon's work remains justly famous for its
magisterial account of Roman imperialism and Christianity from the
first century CE through to the fall of Constantinople and beyond.
Innovative in its use of primary sources and notable for its tone
of religious scepticism, this epic narrative stands as a
masterpiece of English literature and historical scholarship.
Volume 5 covers the period 565-1356 CE, addressing the Lombard
conquest of Italy and the Persian siege of Constantinople, the
divisive Christian doctrine of the incarnation, Byzantine rulers up
to 1185, the reign of Charlemagne in the West, the life of Mohammed
and the spread of Islam.
The pre-eminent historian of his day, Edward Gibbon (1737-94)
produced his magnum opus in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.
Reissued here is the authoritative seven-volume edition prepared by
J. B. Bury (1861-1927) between 1896 and 1900. Immediately and
widely acclaimed, Gibbon's work remains justly famous for its
magisterial account of Roman imperialism and Christianity from the
first century CE through to the fall of Constantinople and beyond.
Innovative in its use of primary sources and notable for its tone
of religious scepticism, this epic narrative stands as a
masterpiece of English literature and historical scholarship.
Volume 6 covers the period from the seventh to the fourteenth
centuries CE, addressing the Arab sieges of Constantinople, the
culture of the Eastern Empire at the end of the first millennium,
the origins of the Bulgarian, Hungarian and Russian peoples, the
rise of the Turks and the conquest of Asia Minor, and the Crusades.
The pre-eminent historian of his day, Edward Gibbon (1737-94)
produced his magnum opus in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.
Reissued here is the authoritative seven-volume edition prepared by
J. B. Bury (1861-1927) between 1896 and 1900. Immediately and
widely acclaimed, Gibbon's work remains justly famous for its
magisterial account of Roman imperialism and Christianity from the
first century CE through to the fall of Constantinople and beyond.
Innovative in its use of primary sources and notable for its tone
of religious scepticism, this epic narrative stands as a
masterpiece of English literature and historical scholarship.
Volume 7 covers the period 1206-1590 CE, examining the rise of
Genghis Khan, the conquests of Tamerlane, the Council of Basel, the
Ottoman capture of Constantinople, the Western schism and reunion,
and the ruins of ancient Rome. Indexes to the text and appendices
are also included.
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862) was a colonial advocate and
political theorist, who was influential in the early colonisation
of New Zealand and South Australia. Wakefield read widely on
contemporary economics and social questions, and his theory of
colonisation helped shape the British Empire. He formed the New
Zealand Association in 1837 to create a new colony in that country,
finally emigrating himself in 1852. His son, the editor of this
volume of letters, was appointed secretary of the first settler
expedition to New Zealand in 1839, and was elected political
representative for Canterbury in 1854. The letters in the volume,
published in 1868, which span the period 1847-50, trace the history
of the town of Canterbury from Wakefield senior's suggestion of
church-led settlement in the 1840s to its foundation in 1850-1. A
planned second volume was never published.
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796 1862) was a controversial colonial
advocate and political theorist, who was the driving force behind
the early colonization of New Zealand and South Australia. Barred
from entering parliament after serving a three-year sentence in
Newgate Prison, Wakefield read widely on contemporary economic and
social questions before forming the New Zealand Association in
1837, with the aim of creating a colony in the country based on his
theories of systemic colonization. This volume, first published in
1839, contains a detailed description of the New Zealand
Association's plans for the formation of a British colony in the
country. Published to attract new members and potential colonists
to the Association, this volume discusses the natural resources of
New Zealand and describes the Association's method of colonisation
together with a proposed system of government, providing a valuable
practical example of Wakefield's influential theories of
colonization.
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862) was a controversial colonial
advocate and political theorist, who was the driving force behind
the early colonization of New Zealand and South Australia. Barred
from entering parliament after serving a three-year sentence in
Newgate Prison, Wakefield read widely on contemporary economics and
social questions, developing his influential theory of
colonization. He formed the New Zealand Association in 1837 to
create a new colony in that country, finally emigrating himself in
1852. This volume, first published in 1849, contains an explanation
of Wakefield's philosophy of colonization. Writing in the form of
letters to an anonymous statesman, Wakefield fully explores and
discusses the social, political and economic aspects of his system
of colonization, based on regulating emigration by fixing the price
of land. Wakefield's ideas influenced early colonial economic
policy in South Australia, and stimulated the development of later
theories of colonization.
‘Instead of inquiring why the Roman empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had subsisted so long’ Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into an epic narrative shot through with insight, irony and incisive character analysis. Sceptical about Christianity, sympathetic to the barbarian invaders and the Byzantine Empire, constantly aware of how political leaders often achieve the exact opposite of what they intend, Gibbon was both alert to the broad pattern of events and significant revealing details. The first of its six volumes, published in 1776, was attacked for its enlightened views on politics, sexuality and religion, yet it was an immediate bestseller and widely acclaimed for the elegance of its prose. Gripping, powerfully intelligent and wonderfully entertaining, it is among the greatest works of history in the English language and a literary masterpiece of its age. This abridgement is based on David Womersley’s definitive three-volume Penguin Classics edition of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Complete chapters from each volume, linked by extended bridging passages, vividly capture the style, argument and structure of the whole work.
The foreword to this work, first published over a century ago,
provides the following recommendation: 'The narrative of Simon
Ockley, which Edward Gibbon characterised as instructive, and his
translation of Arabic MSS as 'learned and spirited', make his
'History of the Saracens' a fitting sequel to what has been offered
in this volume from Gibbon's great work.' The combined essence of
the writings of these two historians on Saracenic history, is here
combined in a single volume of unsurpassed scholarship. Its
republication will be welcomed by a wide readership.Simon Ockley
(1678-1720) was born in Exeter and educated at Cambridge where, in
1711, he became Professor of Arabic at the University. His great
work on the Saracens, published between 1708 and 1757, was the
result of years of study in the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The
second part of the present volume is an abridgement of this
work.Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) is best known for his monumental
history 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. He was an
admirer of Ockley's early translations from Arabic sources.
Gibbon's own work forms the first part of the present work.
EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND APPENDICES BY DAVID WOMERSLEY Although it covers no less than thirteen centuries of history, writes David Womersley, Gibbon's Decline and Fall 'is never routine, always alert with humanity and intelligence, often surprising in its sympathies'. It counts, quite simply, as 'one of the greatest narratives in European literature'. This definitive three-volume edition presents a complete and unmodernized text, the author's own comments and notes, and his famous Vindication. The first volume considers the extent and constitution of the empire under the Antonines and then takes events down to the end of the fourth century. It includes the controversial chapters on the early Church and examines in detail the reign of the first Christian and last pagan emperors, Constantine and Julian.
Gibbon’s masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century a.d. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century, is widely considered the greatest work of history ever written. This abridgment retains the full scope of the original, but in a compass equivalent to a long novel. Casual readers now have access to the full sweep of Gibbon’s narrative, while instructors and students have a volume that can be read in a single term. This unique edition emphasizes elements ignored in all other abridgments—in particular the role of religion in the empire and the rise of Islam.
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