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John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton

1834-1902

 

For reasons why this site honors him, see my Lord Acton: Libertarian Hero [2006]

 

By Lord Acton

• The History of Freedom in Antiquity [1877]

• The History of Freedom in Christianity [1877]

• The Acton-Lee Correspondence [1866; Off-Site]

• The Quotable Acton

About Lord Acton [in reverse chronological order]

• Anthony Flood, When Acton Met Whitehead? [2009]

• Anthony Flood, In Defense of Lord Acton [2006]

• Gertrude Himmelfarb, Lord Acton: In Pursuit of First Principles

• George Smith, Christianity and Liberty [1992; on The Acton Institute site]

• Murray Rothbard, “. . . the great Catholic libertarian historian . . . .” [1980]

• Gertrude Himmelfarb, The Vatican Council [1952]

• Andrew Fish, Acton, Creighton, and Lea: A Study in History and Ethics [1947]

• Herbert Butterfield, Journal of Lord Acton: Rome 1857 [1946]

• Crane Brinton, Lord Acton’s Philosophy of History [1919]

• Reginald Poole, John Emerich, Lord Acton [1902]