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Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City' : the historian and his reputation, 1776-1815 /

This text is an examination of the conflict between Gibbon and his critics, especially the spokemen for religious orthodoxy. It illuminates both the historian's career and personality and the prevailing conditions for authorship in England.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Womersley, David
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Gibbon, Edward, > 1737-1794 > Criticism and interpretation.
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)
Historians > England > Biography.
Rome > History > Empire, 284-476 > Historiography.
Byzantine Empire > Historiography.
England > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Rome > Histoire > 284-476 (Bas-Empire) > Historiographie.
Angleterre > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Historians
Historiography
Intellectual life
Byzantine Empire
England
Rome (Empire)
284-1799
Electronic books.
History
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This text is an examination of the conflict between Gibbon and his critics, especially the spokemen for religious orthodoxy. It illuminates both the historian's career and personality and the prevailing conditions for authorship in England.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 452 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 428-445) and index.
ISBN:9780191718861
0191718866