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Edward Gibbon’s View of Empires
For people reading this who have never heard the name Edward Gibbon.
In his age and times in the 18th century, he witnessed the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, which started in Great Britain in 1769, and he saw the early days of the British Empire and its expanding maritime empire.
Edward Gibbon was also a former member of the British Parliament.
Edward Gibbon, a former member of the British Parliament, held a distinct view on religion and empires.
He was highly critical of both, considering them as a misallocation of valuable resources that should be directed towards the homeland.
Edward Gibbon was also known as England’s Voltaire because the French philosopher was highly critical of the Roman Catholic Church and the creation of empires.
Edward Gibbon’s most renowned contribution to historical analysis is his six-volume trilogy, ‘The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ‘.
First published in 1776, with the final volume released in 1788, this work has left an indelible mark on studying empires, resonating through the centuries.
Gibbons describes the Roman Empire in many famous quotations, which he uses to describe the Roman Empire and numerous other empires during his own time: Gibbon wrote that the rise…
