Lectures on the French Revolution

The following Lectures were delivered by Lord Acton as Regius Profes- sor of Modern History at Cambridge in the academical years 1895–96, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1898–99. The French Revolution, 1789–95, was in those years one of the special subjects set for the Historical Tripos, and this determined the scope of the course. In addition some discussion of the literature of the Revolution generally took place either in a conver- sation class or as an additional lecture.