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The Foundations of Modern Freemasonry - The Grand Architects -- Political Change and the Scientific Enlightenment, 1714 -1740 (Hardcover)
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The Foundations of Modern Freemasonry - The Grand Architects -- Political Change and the Scientific Enlightenment, 1714 -1740 (Hardcover)
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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 rapidly became part of
Britain's national profile and the largest and most influential of
Britain's extensive clubs and societies. The new 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. It became a vehicle for the expression
and transmission of their political and religious views, and for
the scientific Enlightenment concepts that they championed, and
hence naturally attracted an aspirational membership. ... Through
an examination of new and previously unexplored primary documentary
evidence, the book 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. A range of networks centred on the
aristocracy, parliament, the learned and professional societies,
and the magistracy, are examined; and key individuals instrumental
in spreading the Masonic message are evaluated. Special focus is
given to the role of the 'Craft' in the development of the
scientific Enlightenment. ... Ric Berman concludes that Freemasonry
should be recognised not only as the most prominent of the many
eighteenth-century fraternal organisations, but also as a
significant cultural vector and a component of the social,
economic, scientific and political transformation then in progress.
This analysis throws a new and original light on the formation and
development of what rapidly became a national and international
phenomenon.
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