Barbarism and Religion: Volume 1, the Enlightenments of Edward Gibbon, 1737-1764(Barbarism and Religion 2 Volume Hardback Set)

Series: Barbarism and Religion 2 Volume Hardback Set

In this first volume, The Enlightenments of Edward Gibbon, John Pocock follows Gibbon through his youthful exile in Switzerland and his criticisms of the Encyclopédie and traces the growth of his historical interests down to the conception of the Decline and Fall itself.