19th Century · English
The History of Freedom and Other Essays
The History of Freedom and Other Essays, by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton (Lord Acton) (1834–1902), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01Prefatory Noteprose
- 02Chronicle, Introductionprose
- 03I: The History of Freedom in Antiquityprose
- 04II: The History of Freedom in Christianityprose
- 05III: Sir Erskine May’s Democracy in Europeprose
- 06IV: The Massacre of St. Bartholomewprose
- 07V: The Protestant Theory of Persecutionprose
- 08VI: Political Thoughts on the Churchprose
- 09VII: Introduction to L. A. Burd’s Edition of IL Principe by Machiavelliprose
- 10VIII: Mr. Goldwin Smith’s Irish Historyprose
- 11IX: Nationalityprose
- 12X: Döllinger on the Temporal Powerprose
- 13XI: Döllinger’s Historical Workprose
- 14XII: Cardinal Wiseman and the Home and Foreign Reviewprose
- 15XIII: Conflicts with Romeprose
- 16XIV: The Vatican Councilprose
- 17XV: A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages. By Henry Charles Leaprose
- 18XVI: The American Commonwealth. By James Bryceprose
- 19XVII: Historical Philosophy in France and French Belgium and Switzerland. By Robert Flintprose
- 20Appendixprose