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This vast study, first published between 1784 and 1818, and written
on an unprecedentedly large historical scale, was begun at the
urging of the author's friend Edward Gibbon. William Mitford (1744
1827), a scholar of private means, a magistrate and an MP, was
concerned for the preservation of national and military stability,
and he in part used his work to draw parallels between the rise of
Athenian democracy and the contemporary status of the British
constitution. This stance drew some criticism initially, but
Mitford's approach was later praised in the wake of the French
Revolution. The History, therefore, offers fascinating insights
into its own time as well as a study of ancient Greece. The four
volumes reissued here are from the uniform edition of 1808. The
second volume takes the story of events in Greece from the Thirty
Years' Truce to 404 BCE and the end of the Peloponnesian War.
This vast study, first published between 1784 and 1818, and written
on an unprecedentedly large historical scale, was begun at the
urging of the author's friend Edward Gibbon. William Mitford (1744
1827), a scholar, a magistrate and an MP, was concerned for the
preservation of national and military stability, and he in part
used his work to draw parallels between the rise of Athenian
democracy and the contemporary status of the British constitution.
This stance drew some criticism initially, but Mitford's approach
was later praised in the wake of the French Revolution. The
History, therefore, offers fascinating insights into its own time
as well as a study of ancient Greece. The four volumes reissued
here are from the uniform edition of 1808. This fourth volume,
first published in 1808, covers events from 386 to the
assassination of Philip of Macedon in 336 BCE, including a detailed
character study of Philip.
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