{"product_id":"2940014711692","title":"The History of Freedom and Other Essays","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS \u003cbr\u003eChronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    The History of Freedom in Antiquity\u003cbr\u003e    The History of Freedom in Christianity\u003cbr\u003e    Sir Erskine May's Democracy in Europe\u003cbr\u003e    The Massacre of St. Bartholomew\u003cbr\u003e    The Protestant Theory of Persecution\u003cbr\u003e    Political Thoughts on the Church\u003cbr\u003e    Introduction To L.A. Burd's Edition Of Il Principe by Machiavelli\u003cbr\u003e    Mr. Goldwin Smith's Irish History\u003cbr\u003e    Nationality\u003cbr\u003e    Döllinger on the Temporal Power\u003cbr\u003e    Döllinger's Historical Work\u003cbr\u003e    Cardinal Wiseman and the Home and Foreign Review\u003cbr\u003e    Conflicts With Rome\u003cbr\u003e    The Vatican Council\u003cbr\u003e    A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages. By Henry Charles Lea\u003cbr\u003e    The American Commonwealth. By James Bryce\u003cbr\u003e    Historical Philosophy in France and French Belgium and Switzerland. By Robert Flint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\"John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, KCVO, DL (10 January 1834 – 19 June 1902), known as Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Bt from 1837 to 1869 and usually referred to simply as Lord Acton, was an English Catholic historian, politician, and writer. He was the only son of Sir Ferdinand Dalberg-Acton, 7th Baronet and a grandson of the Neapolitan admiral Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet. He is famous for his remark, often misquoted: \"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.\"\" -- Wikipedia","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47083916951792,"sku":"2940014711692","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014711692_p0.jpg?v=1763614165","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014711692","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}