British Freemasonry, 1717-1813 Volume 2 Routledge Historical Resources Series
Coordonnateur : Peter Robert
Freemasonry was a major cultural and social phenomenon and a key element of the Enlightenment. It was to have an international influence across the globe. This primary resource collection charts a key period in the development of organized Freemasonry culminating in the formation of a single United Grand Lodge of England.
The secrecy that has surrounded Freemasonry has made it difficult to access information and documents about the organization and its adherents in the past. This collection is the result of extensive archival research and transcription and highlights the most significant themes associated with Freemasonry.
The documents are drawn from masonic collections, private archives and libraries worldwide. The majority of these texts have never before been republished. Documents include rituals (some written in code), funeral services, sermons, songs, certificates, an engraved list of lodges, letters, pamphlets, theatrical prologues and epilogues, and articles from newspapers and periodicals.
This collection will enable researchers to identify many key masons for the first time. It will be of interest to students of Freemasonry, the Enlightenment and researchers in eighteenth-century studies.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Bibliography
Masonry farther Dissected (1738)
Alexander Slade, The Free Mason Examin’d, 2nd edn (1754)
A Master-Key to Free-Masonry (1760)
Thomas Wilson, Solomon in All His Glory (1777)
Hiram or the Grand Master-Key, 3rd edn ([c. 1777])
The Secret of the Order of Free Masons ([1797])
John Browne, Browne’s Masonic Master-Key, 2nd edn (1802)
William Finch, A Masonic Treatise (1802)
[William Finch], Lectures on Masonry ([1809 or 1810])
Jachin and Boaz ([c. 1810])
Editorial Notes
List of Sources
General Editor: Róbert Péter (volumes 4–5) is at the University of Szeged, Hungary
Volume Editors: Cécile Revauger (volume 1) is at the University Bordeaux Montaigne
Jan A. M. Snoek (volume 2–3) is at Heidelberg University, Germany
Date de parution : 10-2016
15.6x23.4 cm
Thème de British Freemasonry, 1717-1813 Volume 2 :
Mots-clés :
Free Mason; Freemasonry; Grand Lodge; Freemasons; Grand Master; Distinct Knocks; Lodge; Junior Wardens; Thomas Dunckerley; Hiram Abiff; William Finch; Grand Master Key; King Solomon’s Temple; Follow; Middle Chamber; Worshipful Master; Worshipful Grand Master; Master Mason; Inclined; Tracing Board; Free Woman; Finch; Masonic Lodges; Grand Reason; Drawbacks; National Library; Senior Warden; Held; Solomon’s Temple