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This book separates myth from truth and describes the development of the society from its origins amongst the masons working upon the great cathedrals of the Middle Ages.
Author : Jasper Ridley
Publisher : Brief Histories
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,11 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Freemasonry
ISBN : 9781845296780
This book separates myth from truth and describes the development of the society from its origins amongst the masons working upon the great cathedrals of the Middle Ages.
Author : H. Paul Jeffers
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 25,97 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806526621
Jeffers delves into Masonic history to reveal the surprising and controversial truths behind this ancient and secretive order, from its mystery-shrouded origins in medieval Europe through its rise in America, where Benjamin Franklin founded the first lodge.
Author : John Dickie
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,36 MB
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1541724674
Insiders call it the Craft. Discover the fascinating true story of one of the most influential and misunderstood secret brotherhoods in modern society. Founded in London in 1717 as a way of binding men in fellowship, Freemasonry proved so addictive that within two decades it had spread across the globe. Masonic influence became pervasive. Under George Washington, the Craft became a creed for the new American nation. Masonic networks held the British empire together. Under Napoleon, the Craft became a tool of authoritarianism and then a cover for revolutionary conspiracy. Both the Mormon Church and the Sicilian mafia owe their origins to Freemasonry. Yet the Masons were as feared as they were influential. In the eyes of the Catholic Church, Freemasonry has always been a den of devil-worshippers. For Hitler, Mussolini and Franco, the Lodges spread the diseases of pacifism, socialism and Jewish influence, so had to be crushed. Freemasonry's story yokes together Winston Churchill and Walt Disney; Wolfgang Mozart and Shaquille O'Neal; Benjamin Franklin and Buzz Aldrin; Rudyard Kipling and 'Buffalo Bill' Cody; Duke Ellington and the Duke of Wellington. John Dickie's The Craft is an enthralling exploration of a the world's most famous and misunderstood secret brotherhood, a movement that not only helped to forge modern society, but has substantial contemporary influence, with 400,000 members in Britain, over a million in the USA, and around six million across the world.
Author : Jasper Godwin Ridley
Publisher : Arcade Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,73 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN :
A British historian who is not a Freemason debunks myths about Freemasonry being a threat to civilization as he traces this secret brotherhood's origins in Medieval building guilds, role in the French and American Revolutions, scandals, anti-Mason sentiment, spread worldwide, and modern presence in Britain and the US. This is a reprint of a 1999 book. c. Book News Inc.
Author : Jeremy Harwood
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,12 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780754816348
A full and fascinating account of the signs and symbols behind the beliefs and hisotry of the freemasons.
Author : Mark Stavish
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 16,97 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0738711489
An exploration of Freemasonry and its history, philosophy, symbols and practices.
Author : Albert Gallatin Mackey
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 21,96 MB
Release : 2012-03-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0486122905
Written by an expert on "the craft," this classic traces Freemasonry's origins from biblical times to its practice among America's founding fathers. It also explores philosophical, symbolic, and ritual traditions.
Author : Hugh Chisholm
Publisher :
Page : 1090 pages
File Size : 21,47 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN :
This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.
Author : John J. Robinson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 10,86 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Freemasonry
ISBN : 1590771486
Its mysterious symbols and rituals had been used in secret for centuries before Freemasonry revealed itself in 1717. But where had this powerful organization come from and why had Freemasonry been attacked by the Roman Catholic Church? Robinson answers those questions and more.
Author : Albert Gallatin Mackey
Publisher :
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,94 MB
Release : 1898
Category :
ISBN :