Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire immediately captured the attention of a wide readership and has remained popular ever since. However, it is also an extremely complex work, published in multiple volumes, which covers a enormous range of topics and drew on a variety of sources and historiographic traditions. In this guidebook, David Womersley introduces the ideas, context and influence of this monumental work to a modern audience. This book:
Provides a lucid account of the key arguments and narrative features of The Decline and FallExplains how and where Gibbon is original in his historical argumentsBalances analysis of notorious elements in the history with less well-known elementsRelates the narrative of The Decline and Fall to the political background of its own time.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN: 9780415644433
Number of pages: 288
Dimensions: 276 x 219 mm
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