Publication details

Rogers, Adam. & Hingley, Richard. (2010). Edward Gibbon and Francis Haverfield: The Traditions of Imperial Decline. In Classics & Imperialism in the British Empire. Bradley, Mark. Oxford.: Oxford University Press. 189-209.

• Publication type: Chapter in book
• ISSN/ISBN: 0199584729
• Further publication details on publisher web site
• Durham Research Online (DRO) - may include full text

Author(s) from Durham

• Professor Richard Hingley

Abstract

An article that explores Gibbon's writings about declime and fall and the impact of this work on the late Victorian and Edwardian archaeologists, Francis Haverfield. Part of a book that explores the relationship of classical knowledge to the maintenance of the British empire.