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

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

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.

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Main Author: Womersley, David
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language: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)
284-1799
Historians > England > Biography.
Historians
Historiography
Intellectual life
Rome > History > Empire, 284-476 > Historiography.
Byzantine Empire > Historiography.
England > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Byzantine Empire
England
Rome (Empire)
History
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
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