The History of Freedom and Other Essays

THE HISTORY OF FREEDOM AND OTHER ESSAYS
BY JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG-ACTON
First Baron ACTON D.C.L., L.L.D., ETC. ETC.
REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOHN NEVILLE FIGGIS, Litt.D.
SOMETIME LECTURER IN ST. CATHARINE'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
AND
REGINALD VERE LAURENCE, M.A.
FELLOW AND LECTURER OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

CONTENTS
Chronicle
Introduction
The History of Freedom in Antiquity
The History of Freedom in Christianity
Sir Erskine May's Democracy in Europe
The Massacre of St. Bartholomew
The Protestant Theory of Persecution
Political Thoughts on the Church
Introduction To L.A. Burd's Edition Of Il Principe by Machiavelli
Mr. Goldwin Smith's Irish History
Nationality
Döllinger on the Temporal Power
Döllinger's Historical Work
Cardinal Wiseman and the Home and Foreign Review
Conflicts With Rome
The Vatican Council
A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages. By Henry Charles Lea
The American Commonwealth. By James Bryce
Historical Philosophy in France and French Belgium and Switzerland. By Robert Flint
Appendix
Index