Edward Gibbon
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Edward Gibbon (April 27, 1737 – January 16, 1794) was an English historian. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. The History is known principally for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its open denigration of organized religion, though the extent of this is disputed by some critics. The work was put on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.
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See also
- The Work of J.G.A. Pocock: Edward Gibbon section.
- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Further reading.
- The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon.
- A Gibbon chronology.
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