Edward Gibbon definition of Edward Gibbon in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

Gibbon, Edward

Born Apr. 27, 1737, in the county of Surrey; died Jan. 16, 1794, in London. English historian.

Edward Gibbon’s major work, A History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (translated into Russian by V. N. Nevedomskii, 1883-86), consists of an exposition, based on a detailed study of sources, of the political history of the Roman Empire and Byzantium from the end of the second century up to 1453 (the fall of Constantinople), with digressions into the history of Russia and of the Middle Ages in Western Europe. Gibbon saw the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire as being the increased arbitrariness and despotism of the emperors (who suppressed the initiative and self-reliance of the masses), the financial oppression and coercion practiced by the imperial bureaucracy, and the weakening of discipline within the army, which was unable to defend the state against the barbarians. In Gibbon’s opinion, the fall of the empire was accelerated by the spread of Christianity, which killed the spirit of patriotism and civic duty. Gibbon attempted to review the development of the Christian church. The ideas of the 18th-century Enlightenment were reflected in his work.

WORKS

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vols. 1-7. London, 1903-06.

REFERENCES

Kosminskii, E. A. Istoriografiia srednikh vekov, V v.-ser. XIX v.: Lektsii. [Moscow] 1963. Pages 247-49.
Liutov, M. M. Zhizn’ i trudy Gibbona, 2nd ed. St. Petersburg, 1900.
Zhebelev, S. A. Drevnii Rim, part 2. Petrograd, 1923.
Bond, H. L. The Literary Art of Edward Gibbon. Oxford, 1960.

A. G. BOKSHCHANIN

Mentioned in	?		References in periodicals archive	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found	1737: Edward Gibbon, English historian who wrote The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, was born in London. On this day by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Matthew Edward Gibbons, aged 35, of Lower Ford Street, Hillfields, Coventry, two counts of drunk and disorderly behaviour in a public place, fined pounds 60. Court In Brief by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) The great English historian Edward Gibbon rightly blames the Church for the fall of the Roman Empire and the onset of the Dark Ages and ponders what might have happened had it survived. Pope enemies doomed to heil by The Mirror (London, England)	Edward "Ted" and Pat Jones-Confluence Point State Park Edward Alfred Cowper Edward Arthur Milne Edward Augustus Freeman Edward Aveling Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park Edward Belcher Edward Bellamy Edward Bradford Titchener Edward Burnett Tylor Edward Caird Edward Calvin Kendall Edward Chace Tolman Edward Charles Jeffrey Edward Charles Pickering Edward Coke Edward Coley Burne-Jones Edward Dembowski Edward Doisy Edward Drinker Cope Edward Durell Stone Edward Fitzgerald Edward Frankland Edward George Bulwer-Lytton Edward George Gibson Edward Gibbon Edward Gibbon Wakefield Edward Gierek Edward Granville Browne Edward Grey Edward Hastings Chamberlin Edward Henry Carson Edward Herbert Edward Hincks Edward I Edward II Edward III Edward III, King Edward IV Edward Jenner Edward John Eyre Edward Kennedy Ellington Edward Lawrie Tatum Edward Lee Thorndike Edward Lipinski Edward Lorenz Edward Macdowell Edward Mandell House Edward Mills Purcell Edward Moore Edward Morgan Forster	Edward Douglass White Edward Douglass White Edward Douwes Dekker Edward Drinker Cope Edward Durell Stone Edward Durell Stone Edward Durrell Stone Edward Durrell Stone Edward Elgar Edward Elgar Edward Elric Edward Estlin Edward Estlin Cummings Edward Everett Hale Edward Eyre Edward Fitzgerald Edward Fitzgerald Edward Fitzgerald Beale Edward Frankland Edward Franklin Albee III Edward Franklin Albeen Edward G Robinson Edward G. Browne Edward G. Robinson Edward G. Robinson Edward George Edward George Bulwer-Lytton Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton Edward George Gibson Edward George, Baron George Edward Gibbon Edward Gibbon Wakefield Edward Gibson Edward Gierek Edward Godfree Aldington Edward Goldenberg Robinson Edward Granville Browne Edward Grey Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon Edward Grieg Edward Grieg Edward H. Harriman Edward H. Levi Edward H. Levi Edward Hastings Chamberlin Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke Edward Heath Edward Henry Carson Edward Henry Harriman Edward Henry Weston Edward Herbert Edward Hicks Edward Hincks Edward Hirsch Levi Edward Hirsch Levi Edward Holland Edward Hopper Edward Hyde

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

Encyclopedia browser

Full browser

No references found

1737: Edward Gibbon, English historian who wrote The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, was born in London.

On this day by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

Matthew Edward Gibbons, aged 35, of Lower Ford Street, Hillfields, Coventry, two counts of drunk and disorderly behaviour in a public place, fined pounds 60.

Court In Brief by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

The great English historian Edward Gibbon rightly blames the Church for the fall of the Roman Empire and the onset of the Dark Ages and ponders what might have happened had it survived.

Pope enemies doomed to heil by The Mirror (London, England)

Edward "Ted" and Pat Jones-Confluence Point State Park

Edward Alfred Cowper

Edward Arthur Milne

Edward Augustus Freeman

Edward Aveling

Edward Ball Wakulla Springs State Park

Edward Belcher

Edward Bellamy

Edward Bradford Titchener

Edward Burnett Tylor

Edward Caird