Living the Enlightenment: Freemasonry and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Europe Tapa dura - 1991

New York: Oxford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Owner name and date in neat ink to front free endpaper; samll white paint chips adhesed to very bottom edges of boards; else near fine(-) in about near fine(-) to very good(+) modestly sunned jacket.. Large octavo in pale yellow dust jacket; viii, 304 pages: illustrations; 25 cm; bibliographical references (pages 225-294) and index. "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."-Publisher. Contents: The European enlightenment: the birth of modern civil society -- The public becomes the private: the English revolution and the origins of European Freemasonry -- Temples of virtue, palaces of splendor: British masonic visions -- Cultural encounters: Freemasonry on the continent -- Creating constitutional societies -- Freemasonry, women, and the paradox of the enlightenment -- Speaking the language of… Leer más

New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong Physical description; viii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-294) and index. Contents: The European enlightenment: the birth of modern civil society -- The public becomes the private: the English revolution and the origins of European Freemasonry -- Temples of virtue, palaces of splendor: British masonic visions -- Cultural encounters: Freemasonry on the continent -- Creating constitutional societies -- Freemasonry, women, and the paradox of the enlightenment -- Speaking the language of enlightenment -- Living the enlightenment: cosmopolitan reformers and Amsterdam Brothers -- Dissension and reform in the new civil society: The Strasbourg Lodges of the late eighteenth century -- Le regime ancient et… Leer más