Project Gutenberg 2014-03-26 Public domain in the USA. 73 Gibbon, Edward 1737 1794 Bertolotti, Davide 1784 1860 Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 07 Produced by Claudio Paganelli, Carlo Traverso, Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 07" by Edward Gibbon is a historical account written in the late 18th century. This volume continues Gibbon's extensive exploration of the Roman Empire's decline, focusing on the interplay between its civil and ecclesiastical affairs during the rise of Christianity and the establishment of monastic life. The text examines significant events, such as the conversion of various barbarian tribes and the impact of monasticism, reflecting on their roles in the gradual decline of Rome's power and cohesion. The opening of this volume delves into two major developments during the Empire's decline: the institution of monastic life and the conversion of northern barbarians to Christianity. Gibbon provides a detailed account of how monasticism emerged as a response to worldly corruption, highlighting the ascetic practices of early monks and their eventual influence on societal norms and values. He discusses figures such as St. Anthony, who played crucial roles in establishing monastic communities, and tracks the fluctuating acceptance of Christianity among barbarian nations, emphasizing the complex relationship between religious conversion, social structures, and military power. Through historical anecdotes and analyses, Gibbon sets the stage for understanding the multifaceted factors that influenced the disintegration of the Roman Empire. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45221/45221-h/images/cover.jpg it Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 527 DG Text IT Storia Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General 1033251 1033260 2024-09-19T04:45:04.430312 2023-09-19T15:58:59.424506 text/html text/html 1005876 2014-03-25T17:24:20 text/html; charset=utf-8 492782 2014-03-25T17:24:20 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 531023 2024-09-19T04:45:18.650233 application/epub+zip 542097 2024-09-19T04:45:06.588285 application/epub+zip 484150 2024-09-19T04:45:05.487292 application/epub+zip 831931 2024-09-19T04:45:27.164184 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 766517 2024-09-19T04:45:17.410264 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 708926 2022-09-20T16:06:05.844361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 877695 2024-09-19T04:45:02.459326 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 877524 2014-03-25T17:24:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 346565 2014-03-25T17:24:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19058 2024-09-19T04:45:27.314214 application/rdf+xml 16219 2024-09-19T04:45:05.661291 image/jpeg 2187 2024-09-19T04:45:05.574299 image/jpeg 495777 2024-09-19T04:45:04.518327 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog it.wikipedia en.wikipedia it.wikipedia