THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, EDWARD GIBBON 8 VOLS

Description: THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, 8 VOLS (TWO SETS OF FOUR IN TWO SLIP CASES) BYEDWARD GIBBON 1998 FOLIO EDITION PUBLISHED BY; FOLIO SOCIETY, LONDON. HISTORY/MILITARY The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was originally published as a six-volume work by the English historian Edward Gibbon. It traces Western civilization (as well as the Islamic and Mongolian conquests) from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the fifteenth century. Volume I was published in 1776 and went through six printings. Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, and VI in 1788–1789. The six volumes covered the history, from 98 to 1590, of the Roman Empire, the history of early Christianity and then of the Roman State Church, and the history of Europe, and discusses the decline of the Roman Empire among other things. Gibbon offers an explanation for the fall of the Roman Empire, a task made difficult by a lack of comprehensive written sources, though he was not the only historian to attempt it. According to Gibbon, the Roman Empire succumbed to barbarian invasions in large part due to the gradual loss of civic virtue among its citizens. He began an ongoing controversy about the role of Christianity, but he gave great weight to other causes of internal decline and to attacks from outside the Empire. The story of its ruin is simple and obvious; and, instead of inquiring why the Roman empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had subsisted so long. The victorious legions, who, in distant wars, acquired the vices of strangers and mercenaries, first oppressed the freedom of the republic, and afterwards violated the majesty of the purple. The emperors, anxious for their personal safety and the public peace, were reduced to the base expedient of corrupting the discipline which rendered them alike formidable to their sovereign and to the enemy; the vigour of the military government was relaxed, and finally dissolved, by the partial institutions of Constantine; and the Roman world was overwhelmed by a deluge of Barbarians. — Edward Gibbon. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter 38 "General Observations on the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West" After a diligent inquiry, I can discern four principal causes of the ruin of Rome, which continued to operate in a period of more than a thousand years. I. The injuries of time and nature. II. The hostile attacks of the Barbarians and Christians. III. The use and abuse of the materials. And, IV. The domestic quarrels of the Romans. — Edward Gibbon. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter 71 "Four Causes of Decay and Destruction." Like other Enlightenment thinkers and British citizens of the age steeped in institutional anti-Catholicism, Gibbon held in contempt the Middle Ages as a priest-ridden, superstitious Dark Age. It was not until his own era, the "Age of Reason", with its emphasis on rational thought, it was believed, that human history could resume its progress. THIS IS THE QUITE SUPERB EIGHT VOLUME FOLIO EDITION, FIRST PRINTED IN 1983, IT HAS BEEN UPGRADED WITH BRAND NEW, LUXURIOUS BINDINGS TO THIS PRESENT, NINTH PRINTING VERSION OF 1998.CONDITION:LIKE NEW, MINOR STORAGE WEAR WITH LIGHT SURFACE MARKS TO SLIP CASES ONLY. 8vo, 1530 PAGES ACROSS EIGHT VOLUMES, HARDBACK. SUPERB FOLIO EDITION OF THIS VERY INFORMATIVE, BEAUTIFUL AND DESIRABLE EIGHT VOLUME SET. ****PLEASE NOTE, EUROPEAN UNION (EU) BUYERS DO NOT PAY ANY CUSTOMS TAX OR IMPORT DUTY ON THIS PURCHASE, THIS ITEM IS DESPATCHED FROM NORTHERN IRELAND WHICH IS PART OF EU CUSTOMS UNION**** PLEASE DON`T HESITATE TO MAKE AN OFFER AS ANY REASONABLE OFFER WILL BE CONSIDERED! POSTAGE WITHIN THE U.K. IS FREE! POSTAGE TO EUROPE @ £44. POSTAGE TO U.S.A. / AUSTRALIA @ £142. NO CUSTOMS DUTY OR IMPORT TAX FOR E.U. BUYERS! PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MY OTHER LISTINGS ON EBAY. PLEASE ASK ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE BEFORE BIDDING / BUYING. I ACCEPT PAYPAL, INTERNATIONAL BANK TRANSFER OR PERSONAL CHEQUE (U.K. ONLY). PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN 7 DAYS AFTER THE END OF AUCTION, SHIPMENT WILL BE MADE WITHIN 2 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER PAYMENT HAS CLEARED INTO MY ACCOUNT (PLEASE BE AWARE THAT PERSONAL CHEQUES CAN TAKE UP TO 10 DAYS TO CLEAR). GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY BIDDING!

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