Transformation of the Roman World: Gibbon's Problem After Two Centuries (Centre for Mediaeval & Renaissance Studies)

WHITE, LYNN, JR. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0520024915 / ISBN 13: 9780520024915

Published by University of California Press, 1973

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Softcover is worn, creased spine. Pages are bright and unmarked, good binding. Foxed text box edge.

Seller Inventory # E170

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transformation of the Roman World: Gibbon's Problem After Two Centuries (Centre for Mediaeval & Renaissance Studies)
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520024915
• ISBN 13: 9780520024915
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Preface
Introduction: Gibbon & the Enlightenment/ Andrew Lossky
The crisis of the third century/ Mortimer Chambers
The impact of Christianity/ Gerhart B. Ladner
Hellas resurgent/ Speros Vryonis Jr
Autonomy versus unity in the Christian East/ Miriam Lichtheim
Islam: the problem of changing perspective/ G.E. von Grunebaum
Twilight in the West/ C. Warren Hollister
The continuity & preservation of the Latin tradition/ Philip Levine
Celt & Teuton/ Jeffrey B. Russell
Mutations in art/ Albert Hoxie
Conclusion: The Temple of Jupiter revisited/ Lynn White Jr
Index