07-09-2006, 12:24 PM
So guys, how did you like it?
I think Gibbon was the first "modern" historian to use footnotes if I remember correctly. His wit is often very entertaining and I can only imagine the turmoil following his comments about the early church...
His strength is in a way his "oldfashionness". By this I mean that nowadays modern historians take always some specific view of point, be it sociological, economical, political etc. It was in my opinion very refreshing to read about events described "as it was", without these frameworks set in advance.
I go back to Gibbon from time to time but I must say that his view of a byzantine empire as a slowly decaying monster was quite a burden to read. Anyway a true classic!
By the way, is there a complete set of "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" in a leather-bound or some other deluxe version available?
I think Gibbon was the first "modern" historian to use footnotes if I remember correctly. His wit is often very entertaining and I can only imagine the turmoil following his comments about the early church...
His strength is in a way his "oldfashionness". By this I mean that nowadays modern historians take always some specific view of point, be it sociological, economical, political etc. It was in my opinion very refreshing to read about events described "as it was", without these frameworks set in advance.
I go back to Gibbon from time to time but I must say that his view of a byzantine empire as a slowly decaying monster was quite a burden to read. Anyway a true classic!
By the way, is there a complete set of "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" in a leather-bound or some other deluxe version available?
Virilis / Jyrki Halme
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