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xxiv, 548 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-523) and index. |
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A Word from Mia Woodruff -- Foreword by Owen Chadwick -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Birth in Naples -- 2. A Cosmopolitan Background -- 3. Onwards to Oscott -- 4. Dr. Döllinger's Apprentice -- 5. The Newfound Family -- 6. The Squire -- 7. Three Journeys -- 8. Pleasing Lord Granville and Mama -- 9. Editor in Chains -- 10. Marie Consents -- 11. Roman Courtesies -- 12. The Unbidden Guest -- 13. Papal Infallibility and Beyond -- 14. A Misfortune for Religion -- 15. Gladstone Fights Back -- 16. Madonnas of the Future, Friendships of the Past -- 17. "Power Tends to Corrupt -- 18. Döllinger's Death -- 19. Gladstone's Friend and the Queen's Lord -- 20. Regius Professor -- 21. Last Years -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
"Lord Acton (1834-1902), numbered among the most esteemed Victorian historical thinkers, was much respected for his vast learning, his ideas on politics and religion, and his lifelong preoccupation with human freedom. Yet Acton was in many ways an outsider. He stood apart from his contemporaries, doubting the notion of unlimited progress and the blessings of nationalism and democracy. He differed from fellow members of the English upper class, holding to his Catholic faith. And he angered other Catholic believers by fiercely opposing the doctrine of papal infallibility." "The book describes Acton's extended family of European aristocrats, his cosmopolitan upbringing, and his disrupted education. Hill discusses Acton's brief career as a Liberal member of Parliament, his work as editor and owner of learned Catholic journals, his battles for freedom for and in the Catholic Church, his friendship with William E. Gladstone, and his seven years as Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University."--Jacket. |
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Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902.
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Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902.
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Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902 (OCoLC)fst00116770
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Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron 1834-1902.
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Historians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Historians. (OCoLC)fst00957686
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| ISBN |
0300079567 (alk. paper) |
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9780300079562 (alk. paper) |
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