William Edward Hartpole Lecky: 7 books

4 works of William Edward Hartpole Lecky Irish historian and political theorist (1838-1903) This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of William Edward Hartpole Lecky. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Historical and Political Essays...

“When democracy turns, as it often does, into a corrupt plutocracy, both national decadence and social revolution are being prepared.” So wrote the Irish-born historian W. E. H. Lecky (1838–1903) in this devastating assault on mass democracy. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes.

William Edward Hartpole Lecky was a well known Irish historian who wrote at length about the history of the European continent, spanning from antiquity to the 19th century. In 1860 he published anonymously a small book entitled The Religious Tendencies of the Age, but on leaving college he abandoned...

William Edward Hartpole Lecky was a well known Irish historian who wrote at length about the history of the European continent, spanning from antiquity to the 19th century. In 1860 he published anonymously a small book entitled The Religious Tendencies of the Age, but on leaving college he abandoned...

The questions with which an historian of Morals is chiefly concerned are the changes that have taken place in the moral standard and in the moral type. By the first, I understand the degrees in which, in different ages, recognised virtues have been enjoined and practised. By the second, I understand...

The Essays 'Thoughts on History,' 'Formative Influences,' 'Madame de Staël,' 'Israel among the Nations,' 'Old-age Pensions,' appeared originally in the American Review, theForum—the first under the title of 'The Art of Writing History'; 'Ireland in the Light of History,' in the North American...