Titre : |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : vol.1 (1776) and vol.2 (1781) |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Gibbon, Edward, Auteur |
Editeur : |
Archives Contemporaines |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-14-043393-7 |
Langues : |
Français (fre) Langues originales : Français (fre) |
Index. décimale : |
945 Italie |
Résumé : |
Edward Gibbon was born in 1737 in Putney, England, and was the only child of his parents to survive infancy. Although his education was frequently interrupted by ill health, his knowledge was far-reaching. His brief career as an undergraduate at Magdalen College, Oxford, ended when he joined the Catholic Church. His father sent him to Lausanne, in Switzerland, where, while studying Greek and French for the next five years, he re-joined the Protestant Church. In 1761 he published his Essai sur l'étude de la Littérature, the English version appeared in 1764. Meanwhile, Gibbon served as a captain in the Hampshire Militia until 1763, when he returned to the Continent. It was while he was in Rome in 1764 that he first conceived the work that was eventually to become The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire : vol.1 (1776) and vol.2 (1781) [texte imprimé] / Gibbon, Edward, Auteur . - [S.l.] : Archives Contemporaines, [s.d.]. ISBN : 978-0-14-043393-7 Langues : Français ( fre) Langues originales : Français ( fre)
Index. décimale : |
945 Italie |
Résumé : |
Edward Gibbon was born in 1737 in Putney, England, and was the only child of his parents to survive infancy. Although his education was frequently interrupted by ill health, his knowledge was far-reaching. His brief career as an undergraduate at Magdalen College, Oxford, ended when he joined the Catholic Church. His father sent him to Lausanne, in Switzerland, where, while studying Greek and French for the next five years, he re-joined the Protestant Church. In 1761 he published his Essai sur l'étude de la Littérature, the English version appeared in 1764. Meanwhile, Gibbon served as a captain in the Hampshire Militia until 1763, when he returned to the Continent. It was while he was in Rome in 1764 that he first conceived the work that was eventually to become The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. |
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