Clasificación:
937.06092 G439 P844
Título:
Gibbon : making history. --
Imp / Ed.:
Londres, Inglaterra : Phoenix Giants, 1995, c1988.
Descripción:
x, 187 p. ; 22 cm.
Contenido:
Preface. -- Introduction. -- 1. The uses of history in Georgian England. -- 2. The making of the historian. -- 3. The Decline and Fall. -- 4. Power. -- 5. Religion. -- 6. Civilization, barbarism and progress. -- Conclusion: Making history. -- Bibliographical essay. -- Index. --
Resumen:
Tomado de la cubierta: "Roy Potter's incisive study of Gibbon provides a colourful account of the man whose remains one of the most distinguished and best-known historical works in the English language. Porter considers the factors which led to Gibbon writing this masterpiece, exploring en route the magical connotations of Rome for eighteenth-century society, and providing an intriguing account of Gibbon's own very odd upbringing; an upbringing which profoundly influenced the historian's deeply held views on religion and power. In this revealing portrait of a man who was controversial yet in many ways the epitome of his times, Porter reveals how the life and works of Gibbon are complexly yet inevitably intertwined with broader concepts of history."
ISBN:
1857993624
Temas:
Notas:
Incluye referencias bibliográficas (Pp. 165-174)
