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LectFrRevol_ i-xvi.indd 11 4/27/12 9:54 AM PREFATORY NOTE The following Lectures were delivered by Lord Acton as Regius Professor of Modem History at Cambridge in the academical years 1895-96, 1896-97, 1897-98, 1898-99. The French Revolution, !78995 , was in those years one ofthe 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 conversation class or as an additional lecture. Such connected fragments ofthese as remain have been printed as an appendix . For the titles ofthe Lectures the editors are responsible. J.N.F. R.V.L. August w, 1910 xi LectFrRevol_ i-xvi.indd 12 4/27/12 9:54 AM ...

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