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.