The Transformation of the Roman World: Gibbon's Problem after Two CenturiesLynn White This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1966. |
Contents
GIBBON AND | 1 |
THE CRISIS OF THE THIRD CENTURY | 30 |
THE IMPACT OF CHRISTIANITY | 59 |
HELLAS RESURGENT | 92 |
AUTONOMY VERSUS UNITY IN | 119 |
THE PROBLEM OF CHANGING PERSPECTIVE | 147 |
TWILIGHT IN THE WEST | 179 |
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