Introduction

Biography

A gra­du­ate of Mer­ton Col­lege, Ox­ford, Creigh­ton was or­dained a dea­con in 1870, and priest in 1873.

He be­came bi­shop of Pe­ter­bo­rough in 1891, and bi­shop of Lon­don in 1897.

In the se­cu­lar world, Creigh­ton is re­mem­bered as the re­ci­pi­ent of the 1887 let­ter from John Eme­rich Ed­ward Dal­berg, Lord Ac­ton, con­tain­ing the fa­mous quote, Pow­er tends to cor­rupt, and ab­so­lute pow­er cor­rupts ab­so­lute­ly.

Works

• History of the Pa­pa­cy Dur­ing the Pe­ri­od of the Re­for­ma­tion, five vol­umes, 1882–97
• History of the Pa­pa­cy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, 1897
• The Ear­ly Re­nais­sance in Eng­land, 1895
• Cardinal Wol­sey, 1895
• Life of Si­mon de Mont­fort, 1876, 1895
• Queen Eli­za­beth, 1896