| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
ix, 308 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published in French under the title Les origins de la franc-maçonnerie: le sacré et le métier by Éditions Dervy ... Paris"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-292) and index. |
| Contents |
The ancient corporations : colleges of builders in Rome -- The collegia and the barbarian invasions -- Ecclesiastical and monastic associations -- Secular brotherhoods : the Germanic and Anglo-Saxon guilds -- The Crusades and the Templars -- The Templars, the francs métiers, and freemasonry -- The Templars and the Parisian builders -- Mason corporations in France -- Builder corporations in Italy, Germany, and Switzerland -- The corporative masonry of Great Britain -- Universal freemasonry -- Speculative freemasonry -- The Grand Lodges and modern Freemasonry. |
| Subject |
Freemasonry -- History.
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Templars -- History.
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Guilds -- History.
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| Added Title |
Origins de la franc-maçonnerie. English
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| ISBN |
159477028X paperback |
| Standard No. |
9781594770289 |
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