Lord acton historical essays and studies journal.
Editorial team. General Editors: David Bourget (Western Ontario) David Chalmers (ANU, NYU) Area Editors: David Bourget Gwen Bradford.
Acton’s historical and political essays continue to make stimulating and enjoyable reading, though the later ones often contain gnomic passages and can be dense with unexplained allusions. Complexity and a certain measure of sententiousness are among the characteristics of their style. Acton liked to detect forgeries and falsehoods in historical memoirs and official documents and to uncover.
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Lord Acton: The History of Liberty. by Tricia Wallace. Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, the Victorian crusader for Liberalism, is one of the more unwieldy scholars of historical thought, the reason being that his life's work and passion encompassed far more than just historical research. He was member of Parliament, a noted figure in the Liberal Catholic movement and archenemy of.
Lord Acton, one of the founders of the EHR. First published in 1886, the English Historical Review is the oldest journal of historical scholarship in the English-speaking world. Its establishment was a key part of the professionalisation of the discipline in Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, alongside the setting up of the Royal Historical Society, the British Academy, the.
Content. 2 Lord Acton's Inaugural, John Burrow. 7 Local History: Local and Regional History: the Example of North East England, Norman McCord. 10 The Victorians and Child Labour, Eric Hopkins. 15 Education Forum: Forgotten Corner of Europe?: Scandinavian History in English History Textbooks, Leo Pekkala. 16 Gladstone, Ian Machin. 20 Tours Lawrence Lyle.
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