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Essays on freedom and power. / Selected, and with a new introd., by Gertrude Himmelfarb.
LIBRA JC571 .A14 1972
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberty.
- Church history.
- Physical Description:
- 350 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Freedom and power.
- Place of Publication:
- Gloucester, Mass. : P. Smith, 1972 [c1948]
- Contents:
- Inaugural lecture on the study of history.
- The history of freedom in antiquity.
- The history of freedom in Christianity.
- The Protestant theory of persecution.
- Nationality.
- Political causes of the American Revolution.
- The background of the French Revolution.
- Conflicts with Rome.
- The Vatican Council.
- Acton-Creighton correspondence.
- Notes:
- "A Meridian book."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 489123
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