THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. BY EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ. THE SECOND AMERICAN EDITION. IN EIGHT VOLUMES. VOL. VIII. RARY EW-YORK PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED BY ABRAHAM SMALL.....AND PUBLISHED BY HIM, AND M. CAREY. 1816. CONTENTS OF THE EIGHTH VOLUME, Elevation of Timour or Tamerlane to the Throne of Samarcand.-His Conquests in Per- sia, Georgia, Tartary, Russia, India, Syria, and Anatolia.-His Turkish War-De- feat and Captivity of Bajazet.-Death of Timor-Civil War of the Sons of Bajazet. -Restoration of the Turkish Monarchy by Mahomet the Firet.-Siege of Constantinople Application of the Eastern Emperors to the Popes.-Visits to the West, of John the First, Manuel, and John the Second, Palæologus.-Union of the Greek and Latin Churches, promoted by the Council of Basil, and concluded at Ferrara and Florence.-State of Literature at Constantinople.-Its Revival in Italy by the Greek Fugitives.—Curiosity |