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Gibbon's Christianity : religion, reason, and the fall of Rome /

"Explores the life and work of historian Edward Gibbon, and his complex relationship with Christianity, through an examination of his correspondence, private journals, early works, and unfinished memoirs"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Liebert, Hugh (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Gibbon, Edward, > 1737-1794 > Religion.
Gibbon, Edward, > 1737-1794. > History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.
Gibbon, Edward, > 1737-1794.
History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon, Edward)
Christianity.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 > Historiography.
Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. > Historiography.
Christianity
Christianisme.
Rome > Histoire > 30 av. J.-C.-476 (Empire) > Historiographie.
Church history > Primitive and early church > Historiography.
Historiography.
Religion.
Rome (Empire)
30 B.C.-476 A.D.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Religious controversies and conversions in the time of Gibbon
  • Gibbon's autobiographies
  • Essai
  • The rise of Christianity
  • General observations.