
Acton and History
Owen Chadwick(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 28. July 1998
Book
Hardback
286 pages
978-0-521-57074-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is an edited 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. Acton (1834-1902) was born in Naples, the grandson of the Neapolitan prime minister Sir John Acton. Educated at Munich University, he sat as a Liberal MP 1859-64, was created a baron in 1869, and in 1895 was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge. 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 leading senior authority both on Acton and on matters of church and state in the nineteenth century.
Reviews / Votes
'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 TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
618 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-57074-9 (9780521570749)
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Reverend Professor Owen Chadwick is a renowned Christian scholar and church historian. He is a former Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge and also served as Vice-Chancellor of the University. He also served as Master of Selwyn, College Cambridge from 1956-1983. Chadwick is an ordained Anglican Priest and was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1982.
Content
Preface; 1. The making of an historian; 2. At the Vatican archives; 3. At the first Vatican Council; 4. After the Council; 5. Acton and Newman; 6. With Gladstone; 7. Doellinger and Acton; 8. Professor Lord Acton; 9. The Acton library.