History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol-III
By:Edward Gibbon Published By:Double9 Books
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History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol-III
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"History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" is a historical work written by Edward Gibbon that spans six volumes. Volume III of the series covers the period from the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian to the establishment of the Roman Empire. The volume discusses the rise of Islam and the Arab conquests, including the fall of the Sassanid Empire and the conquest of Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. Gibbon examines the emergence of the Frankish kingdom under Charlemagne, which eventually led to the establishment of the Holy Roman Empire. He also discusses the political and religious struggles of the period, including the iconoclastic controversy in the Byzantine Empire and the Investiture Controversy in Europe. Throughout the volume, Gibbon provides detailed accounts of the major events and characters of the period, and analyzes their impact on the development of Western civilization. Overall, "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" is considered a seminal work in the field of history, offering a comprehensive analysis of the rise and fall of one of the world's greatest empires.
Edward Gibbon was a member of the English parliament, a historian, and a writer. On May 8, 1737, he was born, and on January 16, 1794, he died. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, came out in six parts between 1776 and 1788. It is known for the quality and irony of its prose, the way it uses first-hand sources, and the way it criticizes organized religion in a polemical way. After getting sick in 1752, Gibbon went to Bath to get better. When he was 15, his father sent him to Oxford to study as a gentleman commoner at Magdalen College. But he didn't fit in well at college, and he later said that the 14 months he spent there were the "most useless and unprofitable" of his life. He lived in Lausanne for five years and read works by Hugo Grotius, Samuel von Pufendorf, John Locke, Pierre Bayle, and Blaise Pascal. He also traveled around Switzerland to study the constitutions of its cantons.
