This is an edited collection of Owen Chadwick's principal writings on Lord Acton, the distinguished Victorian historian and founder of The Cambridge Modern History. Some of the pieces are no longer readily available, while one has never before appeared in English. All have been revised, sometim...

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Main Author:	Chadwick, Owen 1916-2015 (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1998
Subjects:	Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton / Baron / 1834-1902 Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg > 1834-1902 Historians / Great Britain / Biography Großbritannien Biografie
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	This is an edited collection of Owen Chadwick's principal writings on Lord Acton, the distinguished Victorian historian and founder of The Cambridge Modern History. Some of the pieces are no longer readily available, while one has never before appeared in English. All have been revised, sometimes extensively. Acton (1834–1902) was born in Naples, the grandson of the Neapolitan prime minister Sir John Acton. Educated at Munich University, he sat as a Liberal MP 1859–64, was created a baron in 1869, and in 1895 was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge. This book explains the important aspects of Acton's complex mind and his great contribution to historical studies. Professor Chadwick, himself a former holder of Acton's Regius Chair, is the leading senior authority both on Acton and on matters of church and state in the nineteenth century
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages)
ISBN:	9780511585234
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511585234