From the Decline of Erudition to the Decline of Nations: Gibbon's Response to French Thought

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Bibliographical Note xiii
5. Edward Gibbon: The Historian of the Roman Empire 1
6. Gibbon: The Formation of Mind and Character 13
7. Gibbon on Civil War and Rebellion in the Decline of the Roman Empire 27
8. Gibbon's Views on Culture and Society in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries 37
9. Gibbon and Byzantium 53
10. Gibbon on Muhammad 61
11. Gibbon from an Italian Point of View 75
12. Tradition and Experience: The Idea of Decline from Bruni to Gibbon 87
13. Between Machiavelli and Hume: Gibbon as Civic Humanist and Philosophical Historian 103
14. Edward Gibbon: Contraria Sunt Complementa 121
15. From the Decline of Erudition to the Decline of Nations: Gibbon's Response to French Thought 139
16. Civilization and Barbarism in Gibbon's History 159
17. Edward Gibbon: Historien-Philosophe 167
18. Gibbon's Humor 183
19. Gibbon and the History of Art 193
20. The Impact of French Literature on Gibbon 207
21. Gibbon and the Church Historians 219
22. Toward the Decline and Fall: Gibbon's Other Historical Interests 233
23. With Gibbon in Puerto Rico 247
24. Index 251