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The Rise of Christianity and Islam in Gibbon’s Decline and Fall
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In Gibbon’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire he discusses the relationship between Islam and Christianity and between religion and liberty in the nascent Muslim and Christian worlds.
Guide to the Readings
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See also in the Online Library of Liberty:
- Subject Area: Religion, History
- Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)
- The Koran
Session I: The Growth of Christianity
Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ed. J.B. Bury with an Introduction by W.E.H. Lecky (New York: Fred de Fau and Co., 1906), in 12 vols. Vol. 2. Chapter: CHAPTER XIV
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Session II: The Conversion of Constantine
Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ed. J.B. Bury with an Introduction by W.E.H. Lecky (New York: Fred de Fau and Co., 1906), in 12 vols. Vol. 3. Chapter: CHAPTER XX
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Session III: The Destruction of Paganism and the Conversion of Clovis (Reading 1)
Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ed. J.B. Bury with an Introduction by W.E.H. Lecky (New York: Fred de Fau and Co., 1906), in 12 vols. Vol. 5. Chapter: CHAPTER XXVIII
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Session III: The Destruction of Paganism and the Conversion of Clovis (Reading 2)
Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ed. J.B. Bury with an Introduction by W.E.H. Lecky (New York: Fred de Fau and Co., 1906), in 12 vols. Vol. 6. Chapter: CHAPTER XXXVIII
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Session IV: Mahomet and the Origins of Islam and Session V: Mahomet as Preacher and Warrior of Islam
Read the first half of Chapter L for Session IV and the second half for Session V
Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ed. J.B. Bury with an Introduction by W.E.H. Lecky (New York: Fred de Fau and Co., 1906), in 12 vols. Vol. 9. Chapter: CHAPTER L
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Session VI: The Crusades: Christianity and Islam in Conflict (Reading 2)
Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ed. J.B. Bury with an Introduction by W.E.H. Lecky (New York: Fred de Fau and Co., 1906), in 12 vols. Vol. 10. Chapter: CHAPTER LIX
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Session VI: The Crusades: Christianity and Islam in Conflict (Reading 1)
Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, ed. J.B. Bury with an Introduction by W.E.H. Lecky (New York: Fred de Fau and Co., 1906), in 12 vols. Vol. 10. Chapter: CHAPTER LVIII
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