Essays on freedom and power
By: Lord Acton ; selected, and with a new introduction by Gertrude Himmelfarb.
Series: Meridian book -- M 12
Publisher: World Publishing
Published: 1955
Place of publication: Cleveland; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
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.