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Foundations of Modern Freemasonry
Ric Berman
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Description for Foundations of Modern Freemasonry
Hardcover. Through an examination of primary documentary evidence, this title aims to contribute to an understanding of contemporary English political and social culture, and explore how Freemasonry became a mechanism that promoted the interests of the Hanoverian establishment, connecting a number of elite metropolitan and provincial figures. Num Pages: 320 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 700.
Following the appointment of its first aristocratic Grand Masters in the 1720s and in the wake of its connections to the scientific Enlightenment, 'Free and Accepted' Masonry became part of Britain's national profile and the largest and most influential of Britain's extensive clubs and societies. The organisation did not evolve naturally from the mediaeval guilds and religious orders that pre-dated it but was reconfigured radically by a largely self-appointed inner core at London's most influential lodge, the Horn Tavern. Freemasonry became a vehicle for the expression of their philosophical and political views, and the 'Craft' attracted an aspirational membership across ... Read more
Following the appointment of its first aristocratic Grand Masters in the 1720s and in the wake of its connections to the scientific Enlightenment, 'Free and Accepted' Masonry became part of Britain's national profile and the largest and most influential of Britain's extensive clubs and societies. The organisation did not evolve naturally from the mediaeval guilds and religious orders that pre-dated it but was reconfigured radically by a largely self-appointed inner core at London's most influential lodge, the Horn Tavern. Freemasonry became a vehicle for the expression of their philosophical and political views, and the 'Craft' attracted an aspirational membership across ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
699g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845194796
SKU
V9781845194796
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About Ric Berman
Richard 'Ric' Berman holds an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a PhD in History from the University of Exeter. He is a past Senior Visiting Researcher at the MEHRC at the University of Oxford, and a past Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University. A sister book, Schism, was published in 2013; a second companion volume Loyalists ... Read more
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