Edward Gibbon

'His method and manner and his splendid assurance may no longer be the models by which modern English historians work, ' writes C.V. Wedgwood of the author of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 'but he remains the presiding genius of our historical literature. The union of erud...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wedgwood, C. V.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1969.
Colección:Writers and Their Work Series.
Temas:
Gibbon, Edward, > 1737-1794. > History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon, Edward)
30 B.C.-1799 A.D.
Historians > Great Britain > Biography.
Scholars > Great Britain > Biography.
Savants > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Historians
Historiography
Intellectual life
Scholars
Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. > Historiography.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Rome > Histoire > 30 av. J.-C.-476 (Empire) > Historiographie.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Great Britain
Rome (Empire)
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:'His method and manner and his splendid assurance may no longer be the models by which modern English historians work, ' writes C.V. Wedgwood of the author of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 'but he remains the presiding genius of our historical literature. The union of erudition and style which he achieved is still the ideal of the English tradition.' No one has better right to convey the quintessence of Gibbon than Dr Wedgwood, for by gen.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (41 pages).
ISBN:9781837647880
1837647887

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