Oxford Freemasons - A Social History of Apollo University Lodge (Hardcover)

Over the past 200 years, many thousands of undergraduates have been initiated into membership of Apollo - the Masonic lodge of the University of Oxford. These have included such diverse figures as Oscar Wilde, Osbert Lancaster, Samuel Reynolds Hole, Cecil Rhodes, Edward, Prince of Wales and his brother Leopold, Charles Canning, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Godfrey Elton and Roger Makins. Drawing on archives held in the Bodleian Library, this book is the first serious attempt to set the story of Apollo in the context of Oxford life and learning as well as its wider social and political diaspora. From the devastating numbers lost in the First and Second World Wars, as well as those decorated for bravery, to the significant number of Olympians who were members of the lodge, it also charts the lodge's charitable work, its changes of location, social events and adaptation to twenty-first-century life in Oxford. Illustrated with archival material, portraits and Masonic treasures, this is history in a minor key, but a minor narrative with major implications, documenting the remarkable numbers of Oxford freemasons with distinguished careers in government, law, the army and the Church.

General

Imprint:	Bodleian Library
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Joe Mordaunt Crook • James Daniel
Dimensions:	278 x 226 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / With printed dust jacket
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-85124-467-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Associations, clubs, societies > Freemasonry & secret societies Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	1-85124-467-0
Barcode:	9781851244676

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