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1995 Modern Library Edition

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American
Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by
Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by
Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gibbon, Edward, 17371794.
[History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire]
The decline and fall of the Roman Empire/Edward Gibbon; the text edited by J. B. Bury, with the notes by Mr. Gibbon, the introduction and the index as prepared by professor Bury; with an introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin; illustrated from the etchings by Gian Battista Piranesi.
p. cm.
Contents: v. 1. The history of the Empire from A.D. 98 to A.D. 395
v. 2. The history of the Empire from A.D. 395 to A.D. 1185
v. 3. The history of the Empire from A.D. 695 to A.D. 1430

eISBN: 978-0-679-64148-3

1. RomeHistoryEmpire, 30 B.C. 476 A.D. 2. Byzantine EmpireHistory. I. Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell), 18611927. II. Title.
DG311.G5 1995
937.06dc20 94-27080

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CHAPTER XLIX
INTRODUCTION, WORSHIP, AND PERSECUTION OF IMAGES REVOLT OF ITALY AND ROME TEMPORAL DOMINION OF THE POPES CONQUEST OF ITALY BY THE FRANKS CHARACTER AND CORONATION OF CHARLEMAGNE DECAY OF THE EMPIRE IN THE WEST INDEPENDENCE OF ITALY CONSTITUTION OF THE GERMANIC BODY THE GERMAN EMPEROR CHARLES IV

CHAPTER L
DESCRIPTION OF ARABIA AND ITS INHABITANTS BIRTH, CHARACTER, AND DOCTRINE OF MAHOMET HE PREACHES AT MECCA FLIES TO MEDINA PROPAGATES HIS RELIGION BY THE SWORD VOLUNTARY OR RELUCTANT SUBMISSION OF THE ARABS HIS DEATH AND SUCCESSORS THE CLAIMS AND FORTUNES OF ALI HIS DESCENDANTS SUCCESS OF MAHOMET

CHAPTER LI
THE CONQUEST OF PERSIA, SYRIA, EGYPT, AFRICA, AND SPAIN, BY THE ARABS OR SARACENS EMPIRE OF THE CALIPHS, OR SUCCESSORS OF MAHOMET STATE OF THE CHRISTIANS, &C. UNDER THEIR GOVERNMENT DECLINE OF CHRISTIANITY

CHAPTER LII
THE TWO SIEGES OF CONSTANTINOPLE BY THE ARABS THEIR INVASION OF FRANCE, AND DEFEAT BY CHARLES MARTEL CIVIL WAR OF THE OMMIADES AND ABBASSIDES LEARNING OF THE ARABS LUXURY OF THE CALIPHS NAVAL ENTERPRISES ON CRETE, SICILY, AND ROME DECAY AND DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE OF THE CALIPHS DEFEATS AND VICTORIES OF THE GREEK EMPERORS NICEPHORUS, PHOCAS & ZIMISCES

CHAPTER LIII
STATE OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE IN THE TENTH CENTURY EXTENT AND DIVISION WEALTH AND REVENUE PALACE OF CONSTANTINOPLE TITLES AND OFFICES PRIDE AND POWER OF THE EMPERORS TACTICS OF THE GREEKS, ARABS, AND FRANKS THE LOSS OF LATIN SOLITUDE OF THE GREEKS

CHAPTER LIV
ORIGIN AND DOCTRINE OF THE PAULICIANS THEIR PERSECUTION BY THE GREEK EMPERORS REVOLT IN ARMENIA, &C. TRANSPLANTATION INTO THRACE PROPAGATION IN THE WEST THE SEEDS AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE REFORMATION

CHAPTER LV
THE BULGARIANS ORIGIN, MIGRATIONS, AND SETTLEMENT OF THE HUNGARIANS THEIR INROADS IN THE EAST AND WEST THE MONARCHY OF RUSSIA GEOGRAPHY AND TRADE WARS OF THE RUSSIANS AGAINST THE GREEK EMPIRE CONVERSION OF THE BARBARIANS BAPTISM OF WOLODOMIR

CHAPTER LVI
THE SARACENS, FRANKS, AND GREEKS, IN ITALY FIRST ADVENTURES AND SETTLEMENT OF THE NORMANS CHARACTER AND CONQUESTS OF ROBERT GUISCARD, DUKE OF APULIA DELIVERANCE OF SICILY BY HIS BROTHER ROGER VICTORIES OF ROBERT OVER THE EMPERORS OF THE EAST AND WEST ROGER, KING OF SICILY, INVADES AFRICA AND GREECE THE EMPEROR MANUEL COMNENUS WARS OF THE GREEKS AND NORMANS EMPEROR HENRY VI. EXTINCTION OF NORMANS

CHAPTER LVII
THE TURKS OF THE HOUSE OF SELJUK THEIR REVOLT AGAINST MAHMUD, CONQUEROR OF HINDOSTAN TOGRUL SUBDUES PERSIA, AND PROTECTS THE CALIPHS DEFEAT AND CAPTIVITY OF THE EMPEROR ROMANUS DIOGENES BY ALP ARSLAN POWER AND MAGNIFICENCE OF MALEK SHAH CONQUEST OF ASIA MINOR AND SYRIA STATE AND OPPRESSION OF JERUSALEM PILGRIMAGES TO THE HOLY SEPULCHRE

CHAPTER LVIII
ORIGIN AND NUMBERS OF THE FIRST CRUSADE CHARACTERS OF THE LATIN PRINCES THEIR MARCH TO CONSTANTINOPLE POLICY OF THE GREEK EMPEROR ALEXIUS CONQUEST OF NICE, ANTIOCH, AND JERUSALEM, BY THE FRANKS DELIVERANCE OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE GODFREY OF BOUILLON, FIRST KING OF JERUSALEM THE FRENCH OR LATIN KINGDOM

CHAPTER LIX
PRESERVATION OF THE GREEK EMPIRE NUMBERS, PASSAGE, AND EVENTS OF THE SECOND AND THIRD CRUSADES ST. BERNARD REIGN OF SALADIN IN EGYPT AND SYRIA HIS CONQUEST OF JERUSALEM NAVAL CRUSADES RICHARD THE FIRST OF ENGLAND POPE INNOCENT THE THIRD; AND THE FOURTH AND FIFTH CRUSADES THE EMPEROR FREDERIC THE SECOND LOUIS THE NINTH OF FRANCE; AND THE TWO LAST CRUSADES EXPULSION OF THE FRANKS BY THE MAMELUKES

CHAPTER LX
SCHISM OF THE GREEKS AND LATINS STATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE REVOLT OF THE BULGARIANS ISAAC ANGELUS DETHRONED BY HIS BROTHER ALEXIUS ORIGIN OF THE FOURTH CRUSADE ALLIANCE OF THE FRENCH AND VENETIANS WITH THE SON OF ISAAC THEIR NAVAL EXPEDITION TO CONSTANTINOPLE THE TWO SIEGES, AND FINAL CONQUEST OF THE CITY BY THE LATINS SACRILEGE, MOCKERY, DESTRUCTION

CHAPTER LXI
PARTITION OF THE EMPIRE BY THE FRENCH AND VENETIANS FIVE LATIN EMPERORS OF THE HOUSES OF FLANDERS AND COURTENAY THEIR WARS AGAINST THE BULGARIANS AND GREEKS WEAKNESS AND POVERTY OF THE LATIN EMPIRE RECOVERY OF CONSTANTINOPLE BY THE GREEKS GENERAL CONSEQUENCES OF CRUSADES DIGRESSION THE COURTENAYS

CHAPTER LXII
THE GREEK EMPERORS OF NICE AND CONSTANTINOPLE ELEVATION AND REIGN OF MICHAEL PALAEOLOGUS HIS FALSE UNION WITH THE POPE AND THE LATIN CHURCH HOSTILE DESIGNS OF CHARLES OF ANJOU REVOLT OF SICILY WAR OF THE CATALANS IN ASIA AND GREECE REVOLUTIONS AND PRESENT STATE OF ATHENS ITS PEOPLE ELUDE TYRANNY

CHAPTER LXIII
CIVIL WARS, AND RUIN OF THE GREEK EMPIRE REIGNS OF ANDRONICUS, THE ELDER AND YOUNGER, AND JOHN PALAEOLOGUS REGENCY, REVOLT, REIGN, AND ABDICATION, OF JOHN CANTACUZENE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GENOESE COLONY AT PERA OR GALATA THEIR WARS WITH THE EMPIRE AND CITY OF CONSTANTINOPLE GENOESE VICTORY OVER VENETIANS

CHAPTER LXIV
CONQUESTS OF ZINGIS KHAN AND THE MOGULS FROM CHINA TO POLAND ESCAPE OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE GREEKS ORIGIN OF THE OTTOMAN TURKS IN BITHYNIA REIGNS AND VICTORIES OF OTHMAN, ORCHAN, AMURATH THE FIRST, AND BAJAZET THE FIRST FOUNDATION AND PROGRESS OF THE TURKISH MONARCHY IN ASIA AND EUROPE DANGER OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE GREEK EMPIRE JOHN PALAEOLOGUS

CHAPTER LXV
ELEVATION OF TIMOUR, OR TAMERLANE, TO THE THRONE OF SAMARCAND HIS CONQUESTS IN PERSIA, GEORGIA, TARTARY, RUSSIA, INDIA, SYRIA, AND ANATOLIA HIS TURKISH WAR DEFEAT AND CAPTIVITY OF BAJAZET DEATH OF TIMOUR CIVIL WAR OF THE SONS OF BAJAZET RESTORATION OF THE TURKISH MONARCHY BY MAHOMET THE FIRST SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE BY AMURATH THE SECOND TURKISH MERIT

CHAPTER LXVI
APPLICATIONS OF THE EASTERN EMPERORS TO THE POPES VISITS TO THE WEST, OF JOHN THE FIRST, MANUEL, AND JOHN THE SECOND, PALAEOLOGUS UNION OF THE GREEK AND LATIN CHURCHES, PROMOTED BY THE COUNCIL OF BASIL, AND CONCLUDED AT FERRARA AND FLORENCE STATE OF LITERATURE AT CONSTANTINOPLE ITS REVIVAL IN ITALY BY THE GREEK FUGITIVES CURIOSITY & EMULATION OF THE LATINS

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