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Speculative freemasonry and the enlightenment : a study of the craft in London, Paris, Prague, and Vienna
- Title
- Speculative freemasonry and the enlightenment : a study of the craft in London, Paris, Prague, and Vienna / by R. William Weisberger.
- Author
- Weisberger, Richard William.
- Publication
- Boulder : East European Monographs ; New York : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- viii, 243 pages; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- East European monographs ; no. 367
- Uniform Title
- East European monographs ; no. 367.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-237) and index.
- Contents
- I. Introduction. A. The Problem and Thesis. B. The Historiography of Eighteenth Century Masonry. C. The Enlightenment -- II. Speculative Freemasonry in Early Hanoverian England. A. The Evolution of the Modern London Grand Lodge. B. The Cultural Functions of Modern London Masonic Enlighteners. C. The Demise of Modern Masonry in Eighteenth Century London -- III. Parisian Masonry, The Lodge of the Nine Sisters, and the French Enlightenment. A. The Evolution of Masonic Systems in Paris. B. The Origins, Organization, and Operations of the Parisian Lodge of the Nine Sisters. C. The Cultural Functions of Enlighteners of the Nine Sisters. D. The French Revolution and the Disappearance of the Nine Sisters.
- IV. Prague and Viennese Freemasonry, the Enlightenment, and the Operations of the True Harmony Lodge of Vienna. A. The Organization, Ritualism, and Cultural Operations of Prague Freemasonry. B. The Structure, Rites, and Cultural Operations of Viennese Freemasonry. C. The Origins, Structure, and Operations of the True Harmony Lodge. D. The Cultural Functions of Members of the True Harmony Lodge. E. Revolutionary Threats and the Closing of the True Harmony Lodge -- V. Conclusion: An Evaluation of Eighteenth Century Speculative Freemasonry in London, Paris, Prague, and Vienna -- A. Introduction. B. The Organization of Speculative Freemasonry. C. The Cultural Functions of Masonic Rites. D. The Social Composition of Masonry. E. Masonic Intellectuals and Enlightenment Ideologies.
- ISBN
- 0880332646
- 9780880332644
- LCCN
- 92074009
- OCLC
- ocm28973300
- 28973300
- SCSB-8949694
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library