1996, ISBN: 0521497248

[EAN: 9780521497244], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Cambridge University Press], HISTORY / ANCIENT ROME, Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book, which celebrates the bi… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780521497244], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Cambridge University Press], HISTORY / ANCIENT ROME, Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book, which celebrates the bicentenary of Edward Gibbon's death, examines Gibbon's interpretations of empire, and the intellectual context in which he formulated them, against a background of the eighteenth- and late twentieth-century knowledge of late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Gibbon's ideas of empire, his understanding of monarchy and the balance of power, his sources and working methods, the structure of the History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, his attitude towards the barbarians, the contrasting treatments of the eastern and western Empires, his appreciation of past civilizations and their material remains, his audience and their reactions - contemporary and Victorian - to his text are considered in the light of the latest research on eighteenth-century intellectual history on the one hand and on late antiquity, Byzantium and the Middle Ages on the other. The book breaks new ground, in taking the form of a dialogue between experts on the fields about which Gibbon himself wrote and eigtheenth-century intellectual historians., Books<

ISBN: 9780521497244

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 conside… Mehr…

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. New Textbooks>Hardcover>World History>UK,Ireland>Great Britain Hist, Cambridge University Press Core >2 >T<

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Gebundene Ausgabe HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, Altes Rom, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Cambridge University Press]

1996, ISBN: 9780521497244

Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Cambridge University Press], Cambridge University Press, 1996