Project Gutenberg 2014-03-26 Public domain in the USA. 335 Gibbon, Edward 1737 1794 Bertolotti, Davide 1784 1860 Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'impero romano, volume 07 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_History_of_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire Wikipedia page about this book: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storia_della_decadenza_e_caduta_dell%27Impero_romano 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 Reading ease score: 37.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. it Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Byzantine Empire -- History -- To 527 DG Text IT Storia Category: History - Ancient Category: History - Religious 1033443 2025-07-18T09:50:02.674252 text/html 985869 2024-10-24T04:08:47 text/html 531236 2025-07-18T09:50:15.391693 application/epub+zip 542033 2025-07-18T09:50:04.856271 application/epub+zip 484083 2025-07-18T09:50:03.714251 application/epub+zip 831837 2025-07-18T09:50:22.930699 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 766567 2025-07-18T09:50:14.314727 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 708926 2022-09-20T16:06:05.844361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 877602 2025-07-18T09:50:01.217278 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 857686 2024-10-24T04:08:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18720 2025-07-18T09:50:23.081662 application/rdf+xml 16219 2025-07-18T09:50:03.879248 image/jpeg 2187 2025-07-18T09:50:03.797248 image/jpeg 495840 2025-07-18T09:50:02.753290 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog it.wikipedia it.wikipedia en.wikipedia