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Author Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902.

Title Essays on freedom and power / by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton ; selected and with a new introduction by Gertrude Himmelfarb
Published London : Thames and Hudson, 1956

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 W'PONDS  323.44 Act  AVAILABLE
Description 350 pages ; 19 cm
Series Meridian books
Meridian books.
Contents Introduction -- 1. Inaugural lecture on the study of history -- 2. The history of freedom in antiquity -- 3. The history of freedom in Christianity -- 4. The Protestant theory of persecution -- 5. Nationality -- 6. Political causes of the American Revolution -- 7. The background of the French Revolution -- 8. Conflicts with Rome -- 9. The Vatican Council -- 10. Acton-Creighton correspondence
Analysis Church history
History
Liberty
Bibliography Includes bibliography
Subject Church and state.
Church history.
History.
Human rights.
Liberty.
Nationalism.
Religion.
Author Himmelfarb, Gertrude.
LC no. 55007581
Other Titles Freedom and power