Gibbon, Edward 1737-1794
Overview
| Works: | 3,056 works in 10,672 publications in 13 languages and 84,486 library holdings |
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| Genres: | History Biography Nonfiction novels Records and correspondence Portraits Criticism, interpretation, etc Biographies Autographs Conference papers and proceedings Poetry |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Honoree, Creator, Former owner, Artist, Recipient, Composer, Other, Correspondent, 070, Annotator, Dedicatee, Owner |
| Classifications: | DG311, 937.06 |
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Most widely held works about
Edward Gibbon
- Playing the fool : subversive laughter in troubled times by Ralph Lerner( )
- Gibbon by James Cotter Morison( Book )
- The autobiography of Edward Gibbon by Edward Gibbon( Book )
- Memoirs of my life by Edward Gibbon( Book )
- Four portraits : studies of the eighteenth century by Peter Quennell( Book )
- Style in history by Peter Gay( Book )
- The art of history ; a study of four great historians of the eighteenth century by J. B Black( Book )
- The profane virtues; four studies of the eighteenth century by Peter Quennell( Book )
- Edward Gibbon, luminous historian, 1772-1794 by Patricia B Craddock( Book )
- Narrative form in history and fiction: Hume, Fielding & Gibbon by Leo Braudy( Book )
- Edward Gibbon by C. V Wedgwood( Book )
- Gibbon and his world by Gavin De Beer( Book )
- Edward Gibbon and the decline and fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon( Book )
- Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794 by D. M Low( Book )
- Young Edward Gibbon, gentleman of letters by Patricia B Craddock( Book )
- The English essays of Edward Gibbon by Edward Gibbon( Book )
- Portraits; character sketches of Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson, and David Garrick, together with other manuscripts of Reynolds discovered among the Boswell papers and now first published by Joshua Reynolds( Book )
- The letters of Edward Gibbon by Edward Gibbon( Book )
- Gibbon by G. M Young( Book )
- Gibbon by J. W Burrow( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Edward Gibbon
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire by
Edward Gibbon(
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1,462 editions published between 1771 and 2018 in 12 languages and held by 9,374 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This abridgement is based on David Womersley's three-volume Penguin Classics edition of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Complete chapters from all three volumes, linked by extended bridging passages, capture the style, the argument and the architecture of the whole work."--BOOK JACKET
1,462 editions published between 1771 and 2018 in 12 languages and held by 9,374 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This abridgement is based on David Womersley's three-volume Penguin Classics edition of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Complete chapters from all three volumes, linked by extended bridging passages, capture the style, the argument and the architecture of the whole work."--BOOK JACKET
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire by
Edward Gibbon(
Book
)
426 editions published between 1800 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 5,989 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author makes the point that in this abridgement he has adhered to Gibbon's style, format, planning, and footnotes, and has made only selective exclusions. The history covers the centuries from Marcus Aurelius to the capture of Constantinople, and concludes with an epilogue dealing with medieval Rome and the dawn of the Renaissance
426 editions published between 1800 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 5,989 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The author makes the point that in this abridgement he has adhered to Gibbon's style, format, planning, and footnotes, and has made only selective exclusions. The history covers the centuries from Marcus Aurelius to the capture of Constantinople, and concludes with an epilogue dealing with medieval Rome and the dawn of the Renaissance
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire by
Edward Gibbon(
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)
6 editions published between 1952 and 1955 in English and held by 1,681 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
V.I - Chapters I-XL; V. II - Chapters XLI-LXXI
6 editions published between 1952 and 1955 in English and held by 1,681 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
V.I - Chapters I-XL; V. II - Chapters XLI-LXXI
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire : By Edward Gibbon, Esq: Volume the third by
Edward Gibbon(
)
103 editions published between 1776 and 2018 in English and held by 1,501 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
103 editions published between 1776 and 2018 in English and held by 1,501 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire by
Edward Gibbon(
)
111 editions published between 1845 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 1,348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The literature of Europe offers no substitute for "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." It has obtained undisputed possession, as rightful occupant, of the vast period which it comprehends. The inherent interest of the subject, the inexhaustible labor employed upon it; the immense condensation of matter; the luminous arrangement; the general accuracy; the style, which, however monotonous from its uniform stateliness, and sometimes wearisome from its elaborate air., is throughout vigorous, animated, often picturesque always commands attention, always conveys its meaning with emphatic energy, describes with singular breadth and fidelity, and generalizes with unrivalled felicity of expression; all these high qualifications have secured its permanent place in historic literature. The gradual decline of the most extraordinary dominion which has ever invaded and oppressed the world; the fall of that immense empire, erected on the ruins of so many kingdoms, republics, and states both barbarous and civilized; and forming in its turn, by its dismemberment, a multitude of states, republics, and kingdoms; the annihilation of the religion of Greece and Rome; the birth and the progress of the two new religions which have shared the most beautiful regions of the earth; the decrepitude of the ancient world, the spectacle of its expiring glory and degenerate manners; the infancy of the modern world, the picture of its first progress, of the new direction given to the mind and character of man<U+2013>such a subject must necessarily fix the attention and excite the interest of men, who cannot behold with indifference those memorable epochs, during which, in the fine language of Corneille<U+2013> 'Un grand destin commence, un grand destin s'acheve.'
111 editions published between 1845 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 1,348 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The literature of Europe offers no substitute for "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." It has obtained undisputed possession, as rightful occupant, of the vast period which it comprehends. The inherent interest of the subject, the inexhaustible labor employed upon it; the immense condensation of matter; the luminous arrangement; the general accuracy; the style, which, however monotonous from its uniform stateliness, and sometimes wearisome from its elaborate air., is throughout vigorous, animated, often picturesque always commands attention, always conveys its meaning with emphatic energy, describes with singular breadth and fidelity, and generalizes with unrivalled felicity of expression; all these high qualifications have secured its permanent place in historic literature. The gradual decline of the most extraordinary dominion which has ever invaded and oppressed the world; the fall of that immense empire, erected on the ruins of so many kingdoms, republics, and states both barbarous and civilized; and forming in its turn, by its dismemberment, a multitude of states, republics, and kingdoms; the annihilation of the religion of Greece and Rome; the birth and the progress of the two new religions which have shared the most beautiful regions of the earth; the decrepitude of the ancient world, the spectacle of its expiring glory and degenerate manners; the infancy of the modern world, the picture of its first progress, of the new direction given to the mind and character of man<U+2013>such a subject must necessarily fix the attention and excite the interest of men, who cannot behold with indifference those memorable epochs, during which, in the fine language of Corneille<U+2013> 'Un grand destin commence, un grand destin s'acheve.'
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire by
Edward Gibbon(
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)
499 editions published between 1777 and 2017 in English and held by 1,336 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Volume one takes the reader from the extent and military force of the Empire, in the Age of the Antonines, to the reunion of the Empire under the authority of Constantine
499 editions published between 1777 and 2017 in English and held by 1,336 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Volume one takes the reader from the extent and military force of the Empire, in the Age of the Antonines, to the reunion of the Empire under the authority of Constantine
A vindication of some passages in the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of The history of the decline and fall of the Roman
Empire by
Edward Gibbon(
)
61 editions published between 1779 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
61 editions published between 1779 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,175 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire by
Edward Gibbon(
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16 editions published between 1900 and 2001 in English and held by 934 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"I set out upon Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [and] was immediately dominated by both the story and the style," recalled Winston Churchill. "I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all ... I was not even estranged by his naughty footnotes." In the two centuries since its completion, Gibbon's magnum opus--which encompasses some thirteen hundred years as it swings across Europe, North Africa, and Asia--has refused to go the way of many "classics" and grow musty on the shelves. "Gibbon is a landmark and a signpost--a landmark of human achievement: and a signpost because the social convulsions of the Roman Empire as described by him sometimes prefigure and indicate convulsions which shake the whole world today," wrote E.M. Forster. Never far below the surface of the magnificent narrative lies the author's wit and sweeping irony, exemplified by Gibbon's famous definition of history as "little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind." The third volume contains chapters forty-nine through seventy-one of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
16 editions published between 1900 and 2001 in English and held by 934 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"I set out upon Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [and] was immediately dominated by both the story and the style," recalled Winston Churchill. "I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all ... I was not even estranged by his naughty footnotes." In the two centuries since its completion, Gibbon's magnum opus--which encompasses some thirteen hundred years as it swings across Europe, North Africa, and Asia--has refused to go the way of many "classics" and grow musty on the shelves. "Gibbon is a landmark and a signpost--a landmark of human achievement: and a signpost because the social convulsions of the Roman Empire as described by him sometimes prefigure and indicate convulsions which shake the whole world today," wrote E.M. Forster. Never far below the surface of the magnificent narrative lies the author's wit and sweeping irony, exemplified by Gibbon's famous definition of history as "little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind." The third volume contains chapters forty-nine through seventy-one of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire : By Edward Gibbon, Esq ; by
Edward Gibbon(
)
61 editions published between 1783 and 1797 in English and held by 933 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
61 editions published between 1783 and 1797 in English and held by 933 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An essay on the study of literature by
Edward Gibbon(
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99 editions published between 1761 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 897 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
99 editions published between 1761 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 897 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire : By Edward Gibbon, Esq ; Volume the first by
Edward Gibbon(
)
39 editions published between 1776 and 1782 in English and held by 748 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
39 editions published between 1776 and 1782 in English and held by 748 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The portable Gibbon : the decline and fall of the Roman Empire by
Edward Gibbon(
Book
)
18 editions published between 1948 and 1978 in English and French and held by 726 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
18 editions published between 1948 and 1978 in English and French and held by 726 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire by
Edward Gibbon(
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)
4 editions published between 1932 and 1983 in English and held by 630 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published between 1932 and 1983 in English and held by 630 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire : volume 1 by
Edward Gibbon(
)
85 editions published between 1840 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 628 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Great Books of the Western World presents THE EXTENT OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE AT THE DEATH OF RAJAN, ITALY, ROME UNDER THE EMPERORS with Maps
85 editions published between 1840 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 628 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Great Books of the Western World presents THE EXTENT OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE AT THE DEATH OF RAJAN, ITALY, ROME UNDER THE EMPERORS with Maps
An apology for Christianity : in a series of letters, addressed to Edward Gibbon, Esq. Author of The history of the decline
and fall of the Roman empire. : Being a necessary and instructive appendix thereto. by
Richard Watson(
)
21 editions published between 1776 and 1796 in English and held by 531 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
21 editions published between 1776 and 1796 in English and held by 531 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Critical observations on the sixth book of the Æneid by
Edward Gibbon(
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23 editions published between 1770 and 2005 in English and held by 376 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
23 editions published between 1770 and 2005 in English and held by 376 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire by
Edward Gibbon(
Book
)
6 editions published between 1990 and 1993 in English and held by 367 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published between 1990 and 1993 in English and held by 367 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire by
Edward Gibbon(
Book
)
1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 345 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Gibbon's masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century A.D. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century, is widely considered the greatest work of history ever written. This abridgment retains the scope of the original, but in a compass equivalent to a long novel. Casual readers now have access to the full sweep of Gibbon's narrative, while instructors and students have a volume that can be read in a single term. This edition emphasizes elements ignored in all other abridgments--in particular the role of religion in the empire and the rise of Islam.--From publisher description
1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 345 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Gibbon's masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century A.D. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century, is widely considered the greatest work of history ever written. This abridgment retains the scope of the original, but in a compass equivalent to a long novel. Casual readers now have access to the full sweep of Gibbon's narrative, while instructors and students have a volume that can be read in a single term. This edition emphasizes elements ignored in all other abridgments--in particular the role of religion in the empire and the rise of Islam.--From publisher description
History of Christianity: comprising all that relates to the progress of the Christian religion in "The history of the decline
and fall of the Roman Empire," and A vindication of some passages in the 15th and 16th chapters by
Edward Gibbon(
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22 editions published between 1882 and 1972 in English and held by 343 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A vindication of some passages in the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of the History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, by Edward Gibbon has special t.p. and separate paging (vi, [7]-86 p. at end)
22 editions published between 1882 and 1972 in English and held by 343 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A vindication of some passages in the fifteenth and sixteenth chapters of the History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, by Edward Gibbon has special t.p. and separate paging (vi, [7]-86 p. at end)
Gibbon for moderns; The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, with lessons for America today by
Edward Gibbon(
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4 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 332 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 332 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Low, D. M. (David Morrice) 1890-1972 Author of introduction Adapter Compiler Author Editor
- Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell) 1861-1927 Author of introduction Other Author Editor
- Milman, Henry Hart 1791-1868 Other Editor Annotator Author Contributor Collector
- Sheffield, John Holroyd Earl of 1735-1821 Other Translator Illustrator Editor Author
- Wilkes, John 1727-1797 Author
- Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron 1800-1859
- Bacon, Francis 1561-1626
- Sterne, Laurence 1713-1768
- Craddock, Patricia B. Contributor Author Editor
- Boswell, James 1740-1795 Author
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Apologetics Authors, English Bacon, Francis, Bayle, Pierre, Boswell, James, Burckhardt, Jacob, Burton, Robert, Byzantine Empire Carlyle, Thomas, Christianity Christian life Church history--Primitive and early church Civilization Conversion--Christianity Emperors England English language--Rhetoric English prose literature Europe Fiction--Technique Fielding, Henry, Franklin, Benjamin, Garrick, David, Gibbon, Edward, Goldsmith, Oliver, Great Britain Historians Historiography History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon, Edward) Hume, David, Intellectual life Italy--Rome Johnson, Samuel, Language and languages Literary form Literature and history Literature--Study and teaching Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay,--Baron, More, Thomas,--Saint, Narration (Rhetoric) Political satire Political science--Language Ranke, Leopold von, Robertson, William, Rome (Empire) Scholars Sterne, Laurence, Technique Voltaire, Wilkes, John,
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Alternative Names
Eduardus Gibbon
Edvard Gibon
Edvard Qibbon
Edvardas Gibonas
Edvards Gibons angļu vēsturnieks
Edward, Gibbon 1737-1794
Edward Gibbon britischer Historiker
Edward Gibbon britisk skribent og historikar
Edward Gibbon britisk skribent og historiker
Edward Gibbon Brits schrijver
Edward Gibbon britský historik
Edward Gibbon English historian and Member of Parliament
Edward Gibbon historiador
Edward Gibbon historien anglais et homme politique
Edward Gibbon historyk angielski
Edward Gibbon storico e scrittore inglese
Gibbon.
Gibbon 1737-1794
Gibbon E.
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Gibbon, E. (Edward), 1737-1794
Gibbon Edoardo
Gibbon, Edoardo 1737-1794
Gibbon, Édouard.
Gibbon Édouard 1737-1794
Gibbon Edouardos
Gibbōn, Edouardos 1737-1794
Gibbon Eduard
Gibbon, Eduard 1737-1794
Gibbon, Eduardo 1737-1794
Gibbon, Edw.
Gibbon Edward
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Gibbon, Eward 1737-1794
Gibbon Qunior
Gibbon, Qunior 1737-1794
Gibbons, Edward 1737-1794
Gibon, Edvard
Gibon, Edvard D.
Gibonas Eduardas
Έντουαρντ Γκίμπον
Έντουαρντ Γκίμπον Άγγλος ιστορικός και πολιτικός
Гиббон Э.
Гиббон Эдуард
Гиббон, Эдуард 1737-1794
Едвард Гибон
Едуард Гибън
Едуард Гіббон
Едуард Гіббон британський історик, член Парламенту
Эдвард Гиббон английский историк
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אדוארד גיבון
ג'יבון, אדוארד 1737-1794
גיבן, אדוארד
إدوارد جيبون
إدوارد جيبون، 1737-1794
ادوارد گیبون تاریخنگار و نویسنده بریتانیایی
ایڈورڈ گبن
جيبون
एडवार्ड गिबन
এডওয়ার্ড গিবন
ਐਡਵਰਡ ਗਿਬਨ
ଏଡ଼ୱାର୍ଡ ଗିବନ ଇଂରେଜ ଇତିହାସକାର ଏବଂ ପାର୍ଲିଆମେଣ୍ଟ ସଦସ୍ୟ
எட்வார்ட் கிப்பன்
ಗಿಬ್ಬನ್, ಎಡ್ವರ್ಡ್
എഡ്വേഡ് ഗിബ്ബൺ
เอ็ดเวิร์ด กิบบอน
ဂစ်ဗန် အက်ဒွပ်
ედუარდ გიბონი
기번, 에드워드 1737-1794
기빈, 에드워드 1737-1794
길본, 애덕화 1737-1794
에드워드 기번
エドワード・ギボン
ギボン, E
ギボン, エドワード
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