The History of the Decline and Fall of

Abstract

J.G.A. Pocock analysed The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a six volume work written by the English historian Edward Gibbon, as an echo to the world view of theLate Enlightenment.

Pocock, J.G.A., "Gibbon's Decline and Fall and the World View of the Late Enlightenment", in Virtue, Commerce and History, Cambridge 1985, 143-156