Thread: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Old 09-10-2009, 11:49 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Juliette View Post
Actually, if I can remember well the whole "historians <3 sources" love story (pardon me) began during reformation era, when it was perceived as essential that official history of the Church roots as perceived by Protestants or Catholics was had sound foundation in documentaries sources (cames to mind Flacius and his Centuriators vs Cardinal Baronius; but also, a bit downstream, the Bollandists with their Acta Sanctorum).

This said, I'd be interested in a good unabridged edition of Gibbon too.
Thanks. ;-)

Now the question is:

Is the PG considered a good unabridged edition?

Are the annotations (in the PG edition) likewise considered good quality?

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