The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edited in Seven Volumes with Introduction, Notes, Appendices, and Index

J. B. Bury's authoritative seven-volume edition (1896–1900) of Edward Gibbon's magisterial account of the relationship between Roman imperialism and Christianity.

Edward Gibbon (Author), J. B. Bury (Edited by)

9781108050760, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 February 2013

586 pages, 2 maps
21.6 x 14 x 3.3 cm, 0.74 kg

The 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.

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.

Subject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]