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First published 1921

Lectures on Modern History

by Lord Acton

1921 Macmillan and co, St. Martin's Street, London. 1921384 pagesUpdated July 21, 2009

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Author
Lord Acton
First published
1921
Format
PDF, EPUB, and Kindle
Pages
384
Publisher
1921 Macmillan and co, St. Martin's Street, London
License
Believed to be in the public domain by publication date; not independently confirmed.

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John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton Lectures on Modern History

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384 pages, 24 chapters, and about 130,309 words in the edition this archive serves.
Who wrote Lectures on Modern History?
John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), commonly known as Lord Acton, was a leading 19th-century English historian in the classical liberal tradition. This archive holds 2 of Acton's works.

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24 chapters · 130,309 words · free to read here

  1. Inaugural Lecture on the Study of History
  2. I. Beginning of the Modern State
  3. II. The New World
  4. III. The Renaissance
  5. IV. Luther
  6. V. The Counter-Reformation
  7. VI. Calvin and Henry VIII
  8. VII. Philip II, Mary Stuart, and Elizabeth
  9. VIII. The Huguenots and the League
  10. IX. Henry the Fourth and Richelieu
  11. X .The Thirty Years' War
  12. XI. The Puritan Revolution
  13. XII. The Rise of the Whigs
  14. XIII. The English Revolution
  15. XIV. Lewis the Fourteenth
  16. XV. The War of the Spanish Succession
  17. XVI. The Hanoverian Settlement
  18. XVII. Peter the Great And the Rise of Prussia
  19. XVIII. Frederic the Great
  20. XIX. The American Revolution
  21. Appendix I
  22. Appendix II
  23. Index
  24. About this edition
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Lord Acton 1834–1902

John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), commonly known as Lord Acton, was a leading 19th-century English historian in the classical liberal tradition. Read more about Lord Acton.

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