The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
J. B. Bury
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USDThe pre-eminent historian of his day, Edward Gibbon (1737–94) produced his magnum opus in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. Reissued here is the authoritative seven-volume edition prepared by J. B. Bury (1861–1927) between 1896 and 1900. Immediately and widely acclaimed, Gibbon's work remains justly famous for its magisterial account of Roman imperialism and Christianity from the first century CE through to the fall of Constantinople and beyond. Innovative in its use of primary sources and notable for its tone of religious scepticism, this epic narrative stands as a masterpiece of English literature and historical scholarship. Volume 6 covers the period from the seventh to the fourteenth centuries CE, addressing the Arab sieges of Constantinople, the culture of the Eastern Empire at the end of the first millennium, the origins of the Bulgarian, Hungarian and Russian peoples, the rise of the Turks and the conquest of Asia Minor, and the Crusades.
Product details
February 2013Paperback
9781108050760
586 pages
216 × 140 × 33 mm
0.74kg
2 maps
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Table of Contents
- 52. The two sieges of Constantinople by the Arabs
- 53. State of the eastern empire in the tenth century
- 54. Origin and doctrine of the Paulicians
- 55. The Bulgarians
- 56. The Saracens, Franks, and Greeks, in Italy
- 57. The Turks of the house of Seljuk
- 58. Origin and numbers of the First Crusade
- 59. Preservation of the Greek empire
- 60. Schism of the Greeks and Latins
- 61. Partition and empire by the French and Venetians
- 62. The Greek emperors of Nice and Constantinople
- 63. Civil wars, and the ruin of the Greek empire.
