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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Computer network resources Biographies Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Hill, Roland, 1920- Lord Acton. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2000 (DLC) 99053065 |
Named Person: | John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Baron; John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Baron; John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Baron |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Roland Hill |
ISBN: | 9780300129809 0300129807 |
OCLC Number: | 567957196 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 548 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates) : genealogical table, illustrations, portraits |
Contents: | Contents -- A Word from Mia Woodruff -- Foreword by Owen Chadwick -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Birth in Naples -- 2. A Cosmopolitan Background -- 3. Onwards to Oscott -- 4. Dr. Dollinger's Apprentice -- 5. The Newfound Family -- 6. The Squire -- 7. Three Journeys -- 8. Pleasing Lord Granville and Mama -- 9. Editor in Chains -- 10. Marie Consents -- 11. Roman Courtesies -- 12. The Unbidden Guest -- 13. Papal Infallibility and Beyond -- 14. A Misfortune for Religion -- 15. Gladstone Fights Back 16. Madonnas of the Future, Friendships of the Past17. Power Tends to Corrupt ... -- 18. Dollinger's Death -- 19. Gladstone's Friend and the Queen's Lord -- 20. Regius Professor -- 21. Last Years -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
Responsibility: | Roland Hill ; foreword by Owen Chadwick. |
Abstract:
Lord Acton was an esteemed Victorian historian and thinker, respected for his ideas on politics, religion and human freedom. Using the books, documents and private papers of the Acton archives, this biography describes his extended family, his cosmopolitan upbringing and his disrupted education.
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"Roland Hill has written a superb biography of Lord Acton, making excellent and extensive use of archival materials." Frank M. Turner, Yale University
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