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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2

Publiziert am 19. Mai 2022 von Jazzybee

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2 – Edward Gibbon

 

In judging the ‘The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ it should carefully be observed that it falls into two parts which are heterogeneous in the method of treatment. The first part, a little more than five-eighths of the work, supplies a very full history of 460 years (A.D. 180-641); the second and smaller part is a summary history of about 800 years (A.D. 641-1453) in which certain episodes are selected for fuller treatment and so made prominent. To the first part unstinted praise must be accorded; it may be said that, with the materials at the author’s disposition, … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1

Publiziert am 19. Mai 2022 von Jazzybee

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1 – Edward Gibbon

 

In judging the ‘The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ it should carefully be observed that it falls into two parts which are heterogeneous in the method of treatment. The first part, a little more than five-eighths of the work, supplies a very full history of 460 years (A.D. 180-641); the second and smaller part is a summary history of about 800 years (A.D. 641-1453) in which certain episodes are selected for fuller treatment and so made prominent. To the first part unstinted praise must be accorded; it may be said that, with the materials at the author’s disposition, … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Holy Roman Empire

Publiziert am 12. Juli 2017 von Jazzybee

The Holy Roman Empire – James Bryce

Bryce approached the subject of the Holy Roman Empire from only one angle, but that a very important one. What interested him was to trace the history of the imperial idea from the founding to the termination of the Holy Roman Empire. He was not interested in its actual history save in so far as that narrative illuminated his major thesis. He endeavored to interpret and to evaluate the influence of a great political idea in medieval and modern history. The facts throughout the book were reduced to that minimum necessary to give coherence and cohesiveness to the subject. The only descriptive chapter in the work is that entitled “The city of Rome … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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