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A 10 page research paper that discusses the reaction that Edward Gibbon's famous history Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire received when it was published in the late eighteenth century. The reaction was so strong against chapters 15 and 16 in the first volume of Gibbon's history that he subsequently wrote a book that was entitled a vindication of these chapters. The writer discusses the criticism and Gibbon's replay via his Vindication. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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in all of them. Also, although I believe you when you say this work is well known, unfortunately, I was unable to locate a copy. I could not find an
electronic copy online, nor was there a copy at the local university library. I thought there was a copy when I spoke to the home office last night, but unfortunately,
that copy could not be found when I checked at the library today. Therefore, the following report is based on what I could glean from another source. I
hope it is sufficient to give you insight on writing your own report based on this book - since - as I am sure you are well aware that these
model papers are to be used as templates for aiding students in constructing their own work. Gibbon/Vindication Research Compiled By
- November, 2001 properly! When the first volume of Edward Gibbons classic history The Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire was published in 1776, it caused an immediate and heated controversy. Specifically the last two chapter of volume 1, chapters 15 and 16, were
damned by critics as a "cowardly, furtive attack on divine truths and simple faith" (Craddock 60). Gibbons ostensible purpose in chapter 15 was to examine the natural and social
- the human - causes of the spread of the Christian faith; in chapter 16, Gibbon attempted to reduce to historical dimensions the previous mythologized account of the early Christian
martyrs (Craddock 60). But also the two chapters served a common purpose, which was to treat the Christian church as a "phenomenon of general history," and not as a special
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