h Journal_. The Editors have to thank Mr.
John Murray, Messrs. Longmans, Kegan Paul, Williams and Norgate, and the
proprietors of _The Bridgnorth Journal_ for their kind permission to
republish these articles, and also the Delegacy of the Clarendon Press
for allowing the reprint of the Introduction to Mr. Burd's edition of
_Il Principe_. They desire to point out that in _Lord Acton and his
Circle_ the article on "The Protestant Theory of Persecution" is
attributed to Simpson: this is an error.

J.N.F.
R.V.L.

_August 24, 1907._

CONTENTS

PAGE
PORTRAIT OF LORD ACTON _Frontispiece_

CHRONICLE viii

INTRODUCTION ix

I. THE HISTORY OF FREEDOM IN ANTIQUITY 1

II. THE HISTORY OF FREEDOM IN CHRISTIANITY 30

III. SIR ERSKINE MAY'S DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE 61

IV. THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW 101

V. THE PROTESTANT THEORY OF PERSECUTION 150

VI. POLITICAL THOUGHTS ON THE CHURCH 188

VII. INTRODUCTION TO L.A. BURD'S EDITION OF
IL PRINCIPE BY MACHIAVELLI 212

VIII. MR. GOLDWIN SMITH'S IRISH HISTORY 232

IX. NATIONALITY 270

X. DOeLLINGER ON THE TEMPORAL POWER 301

XI. DOeLLINGER'S HISTORICAL WORK 375

XII. CARDINAL WISEMAN AND THE HOME AND
FOREIGN REVIEW 436

XIII. CONFLICTS WITH ROME 461

XIV. THE VATICAN COUNCIL 492

XV. A HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION OF THE MIDDLE
AGES. BY HENRY CHARLES LEA 551

XVI. THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH. BY JAMES
BRYCE 575

XVII. HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHY IN FRANCE AND FRENCH
BELGIUM AND SWITZERLAND. BY ROBERT FLINT 588

APPENDIX 597

INDEX