Freemasons

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Freemasons

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By Jasper Ridley (au)
Year: 1999
Pages: 340
Binding Paperback
ISBN 1-84119-238-4

Product Code: 1422356558

Description

To the layman, the Freemasons are a mysterious brotherhood. This book separates truth from myth. Follows the development of Freemasonry from the original ‘freestone masons’ -- carvers who were the elite of the skilled labor force -- through to its position today. Includes: the ‘gentlemen masons’ & speculative lodges of the 18th cent., formation of the Grand Lodge in London in 1717, & the Papal Bull of 1738 condemning Freemasonry, which was the beginning of a 250-year war between the Freemasons & the Catholic Church. Details the role of the Freemasons in the Amer. Revol., their responsibility for the French Revol. & their persecution by the Nazis. Considers whether they will be able to adapt to modern developments in the 21st-cent. world.

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