The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 5John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes The University Press, 1908 - Enlightenment "The Cambridge Modern History" is a comprehensive modern history of the world, beginning with the 15th century age of Discovery, published by the Cambridge University Press in the United Kingdom and also in the United States. |
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| Title | The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 5 The Cambridge Modern History, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton |
| Editors | John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Baron Acton, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes |
| Contributor | Ernest Alfred Benians |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1908 |
| ISBN | 0521078148, 9780521078146 |
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