Living the enlightenment : freemasonry and politics in eighteenth-century Europe / Margaret C. Jacob.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacob, Margaret C., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freemasonry--Political aspects--Europe--History--18th century.

Freemasonry.

Enlightenment--Europe.

Enlightenment.

Europe--Politics and government--1648-1789.

Europe.

Freemasons--Europe--History--18th century.

Freemasons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages) : $b illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This historical study of Enlightenment freemasonry traces the origins and development of the order, from the roots of its political philosophy in 17th-century England to the French Revolution.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: The European Enlightenment: The Birth of Modern Civil Society; 1. The Public Becomes the Private: The English Revolution and the Origins of European Freemasonry; 2. Temples of Virtue, Palaces of Splendor: British Masonic Visions; 3. Cultural Encounters: Freemasonry on the Continent; 4. Creating Constitutional Societies; 5. Freemasonry, Women, and the Paradox of the Enlightenment; 6. Speaking the Language of Enlightenment; 7. Living the Enlightenment: Cosmopolitan Reformers and Amsterdam Brothers

8. Dissension and Reform in the New ""Civil Society"": The Strasbourg Lodges of the Late Eighteenth Century 9. Le Regime Ancien et Maçonnique: The Paris Grand Lodge and the Reform of National Government; Conclusion: The Enlightenment Redefined; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-294) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-987930-3

0-19-976279-1

OCLC:

707923177