Excerpt from Religious Persecution: A Study in Political PsychologyI fear that some apology is due to the reader for the publication of the following essay in its present form. The subject has always fascinated me, and I began writing on it when an Oxford undergraduate in 1899. My essay is an attempt to illustrate historically certain aspects of religious persecution and toleration which have not, I think, been suf ficiently realised either by statesmen or historians. The clear perception of these aspects would pro bably make the adjustment of the relations between Church and State in our own day easier and more satisfactory. For example, it would be well for all to appreciate that a Church is not necessarily liberal because it is dissociated from the State, and, vice versa, that a new country is not necessarily tolerant because it is new, and other truths which must vitally affect the legislator's point of View.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.