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 Fall
- Explains how and where Gibbon is original in his historical arguments
- Balances analysis of notorious elements in the history with less well-known elements
- Relates the narrative of The Decline and Fall to the political background of its own time.
- ISBN10 0415644402
- ISBN13 9780415644402
- Publish Date 1 February 2017
- Publish Status Withdrawn
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English