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11%OFFRichard Berman - Foundations of Modern Freemasonry: The Grand Architects: Political Change & the Scientific Enlightenment, 17141740 - 9781845196981 - V9781845196981
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Foundations of Modern Freemasonry: The Grand Architects: Political Change & the Scientific Enlightenment, 17141740

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Description for Foundations of Modern Freemasonry: The Grand Architects: Political Change & the Scientific Enlightenment, 17141740 Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illus. BIC Classification: JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 346 x 20. Weight in Grams: 576.
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
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845196981
SKU
V9781845196981
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About Richard 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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