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Gibbon's Journey from Geneva to Rome: His Journal from 20 April to 2 October, 1764

Book by Georges A. Bonnard, Edward Gibbon; T. Nelson, 1961

Subjects:

Italy--Description And Travel--1501-1800

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...July 16 VII, p. 67 sqq. Gibbon is describing the contents...In Lord Sheffields text of Gibbons entry for August 9 Miscellaneous Works , i, p. 192 , Gibbons second sentence is replaced...from his third sentence. 5 Gibbon and Rome , London 1958, p. 98. 6...
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Gibbon's Journal to January 28th, 1763: My Journal I, II & III and Ephemerides

Book by Edward Gibbon; Chatto & Windus, 1929

Subjects:

Gibbon, Edward--1737-1794, Historians--Great Britain--Biography

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...December 1764, the close of Gibbons time in Rome. All is in French with the exception...in the galleries. On leaving Rome, Gibbon discontinued his Journal and...mention of this Journal occurs in Gibbons own Autobiography. Writing of...
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Impartial Stranger: History and Intertextuality in Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Book by Peter Cosgrove; University of Delaware Press, 1999

Subjects:

Byzantine Empire--Historiography, Gibbon, Edward--1737-1794--Criticism And Interpretation, Gibbon, Edward--1737-1794--History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, Historians In Literature, Intertextuality, Literature And History, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D--Historiography

Collections: History, Entire Library

...in Gibbon et Rome: A la lumiere...7. Porter, Gibbon, 72. 8. Gossman...Characterization in Gibbons Meta- history...E. Badian, Gibbon on War, in Gibbon et Rome, ed. Ducrey...13. Carnochan, Gibbons Solitude, 116...
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Edward Gibbon: His View of Life and Conception of History

Book by Per Fuglum; Akademisk forlag, 1953

Subjects:

Gibbon, Edward--1737-1794

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Here as in other respects Gibbon is guided by a high respect...It is difficult to reconcile Gibbon's belief in the importance...is hard to determine how far Gibbon is aware of this inconsistency...spirited nobility. The decay of Rome started with the decay of its...
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The Life of James Cardinal Gibbons: Archbishop of Baltimore, 1834-1921 - Vol. 2

Book by John Tracy Ellis; The Bruce Publishing Company, 1952

Subjects:

Gibbons, James--1834-1921

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...rumors then emanating from Rome that nothing was to be...119 On the very day that Gibbons wrote his letter action was finally taken in Rome, and Keane was made titular...customary verve. He told Gibbons that a recent address...Brandi to Corrigan, Rome, March 1, 1897 . Two...

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The Influence of Switzerland on the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon

Journal article by Jeremy Black; Journal of European Studies, Vol. 33, 2003

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The Influence of Switzerland on the Life and Writings of Edward Gibbon (Book)

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...141). The social context of Gibbons life in Lausanne is also the...of fulfilment and serenity. Gibbon famously discussed this in...careful reading of the impact on Gibbons thought of his positive youthful...response to Swiss history. To Gibbon, Switzerland presented a picture...contrast to its decline in ancient Rome. An important work that benefits...
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The Ironic Detachment of Edward Gibbon

Journal article by Harry Trosman; International Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 90, 2009

Subjects:

Memory

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...uncertain compensation Gibbon expects for the lack...we might ask why Rome as a subject for Gibbons history? Freud, for whom Rome was also intensely...enjoy the enthusiasm Gibbon experienced. Freuds avoidance of entering Rome has been viewed as...
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Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Journal article by Rodney Stenning Edgecombe; The Explicator, Vol. 53, 1995

Subjects:

American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

Gibbons HISTORY OF THE DECLINE...the Roman Empire , Gibbon presents the following...temper of Imperial Rome: Under the Roman empire...the Decline and Fall Gibbon remarks that the Romans...Village , with which Gibbons readers would have...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

Journal article by Antonio Santosuosso; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians. By Peter...xvi, 572. $40.00.) Rome did not fall because of the negative impact of Christianity, as Gibbon maintained, nor, as other...majority of the population. Rome fell because the barbarian populations...
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Romantic Antiquity: Rome in the British Imagination, 1789-1832

Journal article by Adam Potkay; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 41, 2010

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Romantic Antiquity: Rome in the British Imagination, 1789-1832 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...recognized by scholars, "Rome remained equally if not more...historical methods of Hume and Gibbon (two names thrown about casually...chapters 3 (Byron on the ruins of Rome and on the English Augustans) and 4 (Shelley on Greece and Rome) comprise Part II, "Poetry...

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And Now for the News: The Disturbing Freshness of Gibbon's Decline and Fall

Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 279, March 1997

Subjects:

Gibbon, Edward, Rome (Ancient state)

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...of its other strengths, Gibbons work would never have survived...younger Gordion, who ruled Rome for little more than a month in A.D. 237, Gibbon wrote: "Twenty-two acknowledged...no means contemptible." Gibbons Rome from the second through...
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And Now for the News: The Disturbing Freshness of Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall.'

Magazine article by Robert D. Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 279, March 1997

Subjects:

Gibbons, Edward--Criticism and interpretation, Historiography--Criticism and interpretation, Rome (Ancient state)--History, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Book)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of its other strengths, Gibbons work would never have survived...younger Gordion, who ruled Rome for little more than a month in A.D. 237, Gibbon wrote: "Twenty-two acknowledged...no means contemptible." Gibbons Rome from the second through...
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How Immigration Destroyed Rome. Oxford Historian Peter Heather Has Reexamined the Fall of Rome. His New Book, the Fall of the Roman Empire, Holds Many Lessons for Today

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 22, February 6, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Rome. Altogether, then, Rome was a dominant power on the...prominent of all the historians of Rome, Edward Gibbon, in his magisterial...other-cheek mentality. After Gibbon, others, for a time, pointed...agricultural produce were brought to Rome from the empires North African...the East. Invasion Clearly, Gibbons thesis that Christianity caused...
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Decline and Fall of Roman Empire

Magazine article by Stephen Goode; Insight on the News, Vol. 14, August 10, 1998

Subjects:

Gibbon, Edward--Works, Liberty--Appreciation

Collections: Entire Library

...historian Edward Gibbon. It was one of...heaven, Edward Gibbons great history of ancient Rome and the American...Very important in Gibbons scheme of things...a good citizen, Gibbon says, Rome could not have existed...Government was Gibbons great theme. But...our Constitution. Gibbon made clear that the greatness of early Rome, in his opinion...
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For the Serious Student

Magazine article by Steve Bonta; The New American, Vol. 21, February 7, 2005

Subjects:

Gibbon, Edward, Roman culture--History

Collections: Entire Library

...reference to the venerable Edward Gibbon, whose massive History of the...That said, the authority of Gibbon is often overdrawn. His obvious...prejudices, of course, but Gibbon attributes the fall of the Roman...the bucolic virtues of early Rome. As a consequence Gibbon...

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Gibbons, Johnson Power Orioles

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 21, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Gibbons, Johnson power Orioles Byline...of his horrific slump. Jay Gibbons figured opposing pitchers would...Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but Gibbons surely is thankful that his...Mike Hargrove said. "But Rome wasnt built in a day. Well...
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Imperial HBO 'Rome' Says More about Premium-Cable Expansionism Than It Does about the Eternal City

Newspaper article by Ted Cox; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 26, 2005

Subjects:

Caesar, Julius

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...proclivities. If anything, this "Rome" suffers not from having power...ask Shakespeare, if not Edward Gibbon), and "Rome" is better than ABCs recent "Empire...to have to narrow its focus. "Rome," however, is a co-production...
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Outrage as Professor Blames Fall of Rome on Rise of Homosexuality

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 9, 2011

Subjects:

Gays, Homosexuality, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...University, said: There is no proof Rome had a high number of homosexuals. I can safely say Rome did not fall because it was gay...homosexuality was rife in ancient Rome. The 18th century expert Edward Gibbon wrote that of the first 15 emperors...
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Outrage as Professor Blames Fall of Rome on Rise of Homosexuality

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 9, 2011

Subjects:

Gays, Homosexuality, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...University, said: There is no proof Rome had a high number of homosexuals. I can safely say Rome did not fall because it was gay...homosexuality was rife in ancient Rome. The 18th century expert Edward Gibbon wrote that of the first 15 emperors...
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Washington on the Tiber; Caution: The Glory That Was Rome Faded Away

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 2, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...not. In his book, "Are We Rome? The Fall of an Empire and...history is so fond of that Edward Gibbon published the first volume of...self-consciously resembles Rome in its array of grand government...likeness to those obelisks taken to Rome after the conquest of Egypt...

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Gibbon, Edward

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

GIBBON, EDWARD 1737 94, English...engaged to be married, but Gibbons father refused consent. Gibbon "sighed as a lover...It was on a visit to Rome that he conceived the...some harsh criticism. Gibbon himself was assured of...English. An edition of Gibbons original six drafts appeared...
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Rome , City, Italy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...held in Rome. Bibliography Ancient Rome General histories of ancient Rome are countless. Among the ancient histories...Josephus . The works of Mommsen and Edward Gibbon are monumental. General works on ancient Rome include those of J. B. Bury, Guglielmo...
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Byzantine Empire

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Pesaro, and Senigallia), Rome, Sardinia, Corsica, Liguria...precipitated, led to the loss of Rome. In 800, during the reign...crowned emperor of the West at Rome. Thus ended even the theoretical...work on Byzantine history is Gibbon s Decline and Fall of the Roman...

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