Essays on freedom and power
By: John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, First Baron Acton ; Selected, and with an introd., by Gertrude Himmelfarb ; pref. by Herman Finer
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 1948
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Liberty; Church history
Other titles: Freedom and power.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Inaugural lecture on the study of history.; title: The history of freedom in antiquity.; title: The history of freedom in Christianity.; title: The Protestant theory of persecution.; title: Nationality.; title: Political causes of the American Revolution.; title: The background of the French Revolution.; title: Conflicts with Rome.; title: The Vatican Council.; title: Acton-Creighton correspondence.