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Description

1. 196 pages; 23 cm

Summary

1. "Explores the life and work of historian Edward Gibbon, and his complex relationship with Christianity, through an examination of his correspondence, private journals, early works, and unfinished memoirs"--

Subject

1. Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 > Religion
2. Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
3. History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (Gibbon, Edward)
4. 30 B.C.-476 A.D
5. 30 B.C.-600 A.D
6. Christianity
7. Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 > Historiography
8. Church history > Primitive and early church > Historiography
9. Historiography
10. Religion
11. Church history
12. Rome > History > Historiography. > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
13. Rome (Empire)

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Religious controversies and conversions in the time of Gibbon -- Gibbon's autobiographies -- Essai -- The rise of Christianity -- General observations.

Call number

1. JFE 23-172

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index.

Author

1. Liebert, Hugh, author.

Title

1. Gibbon's Christianity : religion, reason, and the fall of Rome / Hugh Liebert.

Publisher

1. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]

Copyright date

1. ©2022

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index.

Chronological term

1. 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Chronological term

1. 30 B.C.-600 A.D.

LCCN

1. 2021054033

Other standard identifier

1. 40031081087

ISBN

1. 9780271092355 (hardback)
2. 0271092351 (hardback)

Research call number

1. JFE 23-172