Barbarism and Religion: Volume 1, The Enlightenments of Edward Gibbon, 1737-1764 by Pocock, J. G. A. Pocock, J. G. A.

Introduction;

Part I. England and Switzerland, 1737-1763:

1. Putney, Oxford and the question of English Enlightenment;
2. Lausanne and the Arminian Enlightenment;
3. The re-education of young Gibbon: method, unbelief and the turn towards history;
4. The Hampshire militia and the problems of modernity;
5. Study in the camp: erudition and the search for a narrative;

Part II. The Encounter with Paris and the Defence of Erudition, 1761-1763:
6. The politics of scholarship in French and English Enlightenment;
7. Erudition and Enlightenment in the Académie des Inscriptions;
8. D'Alembert's Discours Preliminaire: the philosophe perception of history;
9. The Essai sur l'Etude de la Litterature: imagination, irony and history;
10. Paris and the gens de lettres: experience and recollection;

Part III. Lausanne and Rome: The Journey Towards a Subject, 1763-1765:
11. The return to Lausanne and the pursuit of erudition;
12. The journey to Rome and the transformation of intentions; Epilogue: Gibbon and the rhythm that was different; Bibliographies; Index.