The Cambridge companion to Edward Gibbon / edited by Karen O'Brien, Brian Young.
The Cambridge companion to Edward Gibbon / edited by Karen O'Brien, Brian Young.
The Cambridge companion to Edward Gibbon / edited by Karen O'Brien, Brian Young.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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G 2018/4337
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 243 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
An overview of The decline and fall of the Roman Empire / J.G.A. Pocock -- Gibbon's geographies / Robert Mayhew -- Gibbon and the city of Rome / Catharine Edwards -- Do Byzantine historians still read Gibbon? / Mark Whittow -- Gibbon among the barbarians / George Woudhuysen -- Gibbon and Enlightenme...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published in three instalments from 1776 to 1788, is widely regarded as the greatest work of history in the English language. Starting with the accession of the Roman Emperor Commodus in the late second century CE, Gibbon's work traverses thirteen centuries, encompassing the rise...
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The Cambridge companion to Edward Gibbon / edited by Karen O'Brien, Brian Young.
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Cambridge companions to authors
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235) and index.
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G 2018/4337
Record Identifier
74VKVANLEoXM
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ISBN
1107625025 paperback
9781107035119 hardcover alkaline paper
1107035112 hardcover alkaline paper
9781107625020 paperback
DDC
937.007202
MMS ID
991024176083502626
