Historical Change And Human Rights: Oxford Amnesty Lectures 1994

by Olwen H. Hufton

Originally presented at an annual Oxford lecture series organized by supporters of Amnesty International, the seven lectures provide historical perspective on the contemporary discussion of human rights. The essays deal with "the tension between natural law and history" i.e., the degree to which the universalist vision of human rights is a historically-constructed phenomenon. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1995

About the author

Olwen Hufton DBE is one of the foremost historians of early modern Europe and a pioneer of social history and of women's history. She is an expert on Early Modern, western European comparative socio-cultural history with special emphasis on gender, poverty, social relations, religion and work. In 2006 she joined Royal Holloway as a part-time Professorial Research Fellow in the History Department.

Olwen Hufton is a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.