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Lord Acton
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Author : Roland Hill
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1999-12-01
Lord Acton written by Roland Hill and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-12-01 with History categories.
Lord Acton (1834-1902), numbered among the most esteemed Victorian historical thinkers, was much respected for his vast learning, his ideas on politics and religion, and his lifelong preoccupation with human freedom. Yet Acton was in many ways an outsider. He stood apart from his contemporaries, doubting the notion of unlimited progress and the blessings of nationalism and democracy. He differed from fellow members of the English upper class, holding to his Catholic faith. And he angered other Catholic believers by fiercely opposing the doctrine of papal infallibility. In this remarkable biography, Roland Hill is the first to make full use of the vast collection of books, documents, and private papers in the Acton archives to tell the story of the enigmatic Lord Acton. The book describes Acton's extended family of European aristocrats, his cosmopolitan upbringing, and his disrupted education. Drawing a lively picture of politics and religion at the time, Hill discusses Acton's brief career as a Liberal member of Parliament, his work as editor and owner of learned Catholic journals, his battles for freedom for and in the Catholic Church, his friendship with William E. Gladstone, and his seven years as Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University. Though unable to complete The Cambridge Modern History series he envisaged, Acton transformed historical study and left a legacy of ideas that continues to influence historians today.
Letters Of Lord Acton
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Author : John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-04-13
Letters Of Lord Acton written by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-13 with categories.
"Letters of Lord Acton" from John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton. English historian (1834-1902).
Lectures On Modern History
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Author : Lord Acton
language : en
Publisher: VM eBooks
Release Date : 2016-11-10
Lectures On Modern History written by Lord Acton and has been published by VM eBooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-10 with History categories.
Fellow Students—I look back to–day to a time before the middle of the century, when I was reading at Edinburgh and fervently wishing to come to this University. At three colleges I applied for admission, and, as things then were, I was refused by all. Here, from the first, I vainly fixed my hopes, and here, in a happier hour, after five–and–forty years, they are at last fulfilled. I desire, first, to speak to you of that which I may reasonably call the Unity of Modern History, as an easy approach to questions necessary to be met on the threshold by any one occupying this place, which my predecessor has made so formidable to me by the reflected lustre of his name. You have often heard it said that Modern History is a subject to which neither beginning nor end can be assigned. No beginning, because the dense web of the fortunes of man is woven without a void; because, in society as in nature, the structure is continuous, and we can trace things back uninterruptedly, until we dimly descry the Declaration of Independence in the forests of Germany. No end, because, on the same principle, history made and history making are scientifically inseparable and separately unmeaning.
Lord Acton And His Circle
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Author : John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Lord Acton And His Circle written by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Great Britain categories.
Lord Acton And His Times
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Author : David Mathew
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1868
Lord Acton And His Times written by David Mathew and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1868 with categories.
Lord Acton
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Author : Samuel Gregg
language : en
Publisher: Acton Institute
Release Date : 2017-01-31
Lord Acton written by Samuel Gregg and has been published by Acton Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-31 with History categories.
¿Historian and moralist¿¿Lord Acton is the only individual in the entire Oxford Dictionary of National Biography to receive that curious description. A unique individual, however, warrants a unique description, and Lord Acton was one of the most profound and peculiar individuals of the Victorian era. The essays in this volume introduce and engage the works and legacy of this brilliant scholar. Written by some of the world¿s most respected authorities on Acton, these essays grapple with Acton¿s ideas about history, morality, politics, religion, and revolution¿all with an eye toward understanding that delicate and glorious ideal that impelled Acton himself, freedom. Contributors: Josef L. Altholz, Christoph Böhr, Owen Chadwick, Samuel Gregg, James C. Holland, Russell Kirk, Johann Christian Koecke, Stephen J. Tonsor, Rudolf Uertz
Letters Of Lord Acton To Mary Daughter Of The Right Hon W E Gladstone Dodo Press
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Author : Lord Acton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-11
Letters Of Lord Acton To Mary Daughter Of The Right Hon W E Gladstone Dodo Press written by Lord Acton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11 with Literary Collections categories.
Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, KCVO (1834-1902), commonly known as simply Lord Acton, was an English historian, the only son of Sir Ferdinand Dalberg-Acton, 7th Baronet and grandson of the Neapolitan admiral, Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet. He was a master of the principal foreign languages and began at an early age to collect a magnificent historical library, with the object - which, however, he never realized - of writing a great aHistory of Liberty. a In politics, he was always an ardent Liberal. Acton took a great interest in America, considering its Federal structure the perfect guarantor of individual liberties. Acton became the editor of the Roman Catholic monthly paper, The Rambler, in 1859, on John Henry (later Cardinal) Newmanas retirement from the editorship. In 1862, he merged this periodical into the Home and Foreign Review. His works include: A Lecture on the Study of History (1895), The Life of Mandell Creighton (1904), Lectures on Modern History (1906), Historical Essays and Studies (1907), The History of Freedom and Other Essays (1907) and Lectures on the French Revolution (1910).
Lord Acton
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Author : Gertrude Himmelfarb
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Lord Acton written by Gertrude Himmelfarb and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Lord Acton is author of the maxim, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely". A liberal Catholic and distinguished historian, Lord Acton produced vigorous denunciations of nationalism, racism, statism, and bigotry that rank among the classic works of political and social thought. ICS Press is proud to return to print "Lord Acton: A Study in Conscience and Politics", first published by the University of Chicago Press in 1953 and out-of-print and unavailable for several years.
Lord Acton And His Times
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Author : David Mathew
language : en
Publisher: University : University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 1968
Lord Acton And His Times written by David Mathew and has been published by University : University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with categories.
John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, KCVO, DL (10 January 1834 ? 19 June 1902), known as Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Bt from 1837 to 1869 and usually referred to simply as Lord Acton, was an English Catholic historian, politician, and writer. He was the only son of Sir Ferdinand Dalberg-Acton, 7th Baronet[1] and a grandson of the Neapolitan admiral Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet.[2][3] He is famous for his remark, often misquoted: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."--Wikipedia.
Selected Writings Of Lord Acton Essays In The History Of Liberty
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Author : John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton
language : en
Publisher: Selected Writings of Lord Acto
Release Date : 1985
Selected Writings Of Lord Acton Essays In The History Of Liberty written by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton and has been published by Selected Writings of Lord Acto this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.
Selected writings of Lord Acton / by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, First Baron Acton ; edited by J. Rufus Fears.