Acton and History
$82.67
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
2 May 2002
Summary
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 lea…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521893183 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0521893186 |
| Author: | Owen Chadwick |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Edition: | 0004th |
| Release Date: | 2 May 2002 |
| Weight: | 430g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 16mm |
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‘Chadwick’s essays come together beautifully … an admirable and enormously readable collection.’ Edward Norman, Church Times ‘What a joy it is to read a book which is so delightfully written … I have seldom been so enchanted.’ The Expository Times
About The Author
Owen Chadwick
Owen Chadwick was Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge from 1968 to 1983. He has written many books, including “The Reformation,” “The Victorian Church,” “The Popes and European Revolution,” as a result of which he was awarded the Wolfson Prize for history, and “Michael Ramsey,”
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