History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Resumen del libro

Although it covers no less than thirteen centuries of history, writes David Womersley, Gibbon's Decline and Fall 'is never routine, always alert with humanity and intelligence, often surprising in its sympathies'. It counts, quite simply, as 'one of the greatest narratives in European literature'. This definitive three-volume edition presents a complete and unmodernized text, the author's own comments and notes, and his famous Vindication. The first volume considers the extent and constitution of the empire under the Antonines and then takes events down to the end of the fourth century. It includes the controversial chapters on the early Church and examines in detail the reign of the first Christian and last pagan emperors, Constantine and Julian.

Biografía del autor

EDWARD GIBBON (Putney, 1737 x{0026} x02013; Londres, 1794) fue un historiador y político, que llegó a ser miembro del Parlamento británico. Su prolongada estancia en Lausana y sus viajes por el continente le convirtieron en un erudito, cuyo mayor logro es uno de los ensayos históricos más valorados de toda la cultura occidental: x{0026}lt;i Decadencia y caída del Imperio romano.x{0026}lt;/i