Acton and History

ISBN-13: 9780521570749 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 286 str.

Owen Chadwick; Cwen Chadwick

Opis

This is a 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. 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.

Recenzje

'What a joy it is to read a book which is so delightfully written … I have seldom been so enchanted.' The Expository Times

Spis treści

Preface; 1. The making of an historian; 2. At the Vatican archives; 3. At the first Vatican Council; 4. After the Council; 5. Acton and Newman; 6. With Gladstone; 7. Döllinger and Acton; 8. Professor Lord Acton; 9. The Acton library.