ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 1999
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE: Edward Gibbon

ASIN : 1853264997
Publisher: ‎Wordsworth; Revised ed. edition (December 5, 1999)
Language: English
Paperback: ‎1088 pages
ISBN: ‎9781853264993
ISBN: ‎978-1853264993
Dimensions: 12.7 x 6.1 x 20.57 cm

Edward Gibbon (; 8 May 1737 – 16 January 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. The Decline and Fall is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its open criticism of organized religion.

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.

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