19th Century · English
Historical Essays and Studies
Historical Essays and Studies, by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton (Lord Acton) (1834–1902), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Prefatory Noteprose
- 02Historical Essays and Studies, I: Wolsey and the Divorce of Henry VIII.prose
- 03II: The Borgias and Their Latest Historianprose
- 04III: Secret History of Charles II.prose
- 05IV: The CIVIL War in America Its Place in Historyprose
- 06V: The Rise and Fall of the Mexican Empireprose
- 07VI: Cavourprose
- 08VII: The Causes of the Franco-prussian Warprose
- 09VIII: The War of 1870prose
- 10IX: George Eliot’s Lifeprose
- 11X: Mr. Buckle’s Thesis and Methodprose
- 12XI: Mr. Buckle’s Philosophy of Historyprose
- 13XII: German Schools of Historyprose
- 14XIII: Talleyrand’s Memoirsprose
- 15XIV: The Life of Lord Houghtonprose
- 16XV: A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformationprose
- 17XVI: A Short History of Napoleon the First. By John Robert Seeley the First Napoleon: A Sketch, Political and Military. prose
- 18XVII: Mabillon Et La Société De L’abbaye De Saint-germain-des-prés à La Fin Du Xviie Siècle. Par Emmanuel de Broglie.prose
- 19XVIII: A History of England, 1837-1880. By the Rev. J. Franck Bright, D.D., Master of University College, Oxford.prose
- 20XIX: A History of the French Revolution. By H. Morse Stephens. Vol. IIprose
- 21XX: Wilhelm Von Giesebrechtprose
- 22Appendixprose