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Lord Acton: Historian and Moralist

by Samuel Gregg

Lord Acton’s ideas in historical context

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Lord Acton’s ideas in historical context

This collection of essays examines the work and legacy of Lord Acton, the Victorian-era scholar known for bringing historical inquiry together with moral questions. Its contributors address his thinking on history, politics, religion, and revolution, with freedom as a recurring point of connection. The volume offers a subject-focused introduction to Acton’s intellectual legacy through multiple essays, rather than a single continuous account of his life.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers studying Lord Acton or Victorian intellectual history
  • Readers interested in the intersections of history, morality, politics, and religion
  • Readers seeking essays on ideas of freedom and revolution

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Lord Acton’s legacyHistory and moralityPolitics and religionFreedom and revolution

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Book overview

"Historian and moralist"-Lord Acton is the only individual in the entire Oxford Dictionary of National Biography to receive that curious description. A unique individual, however, warrants a unique description, and Lord Acton was one of the most profound and peculiar individuals of the Victorian era. The essays in this volume introduce and engage the works and legacy of this brilliant scholar. Written by some of the world's most respected authorities on Acton, these essays grapple with Acton's ideas about history, morality, politics, religion, and revolution-all with an eye toward understanding that delicate and glorious ideal that impelled Acton himself, freedom.Contributors: Josef L. Altholz, Christoph B
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