The Temple And The Lodge

ISBN-13: 9780099257042 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 448 str.

Michael Baigent; Richard Leigh

Opis

The Temple and The Lodge""charts the birth of Freemasonry through the survival of Templar traditions, through currents of European thought, through the mystery surrounding Rosslyn chapel, and through an elite cadre of aristocrats attached as personal bodyguards to the French king. Pursuing Freemasonry through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the authors reveal its contribution to the fostering of tolerance, progressive values and cohesion in English society, which helped to pre-empt a French-style revolution. Even more dramatically, the influence of Freemasonry emerges as a key factoring the formation of the United States of America as an embodiment of the ideal 'Masonic Republic'.

Recenzje

'A worthy conclusion to their investigations into secret societies ancient and modern' Sunday Times

O autorze

Michael Baigent graduated from Christchurch University, New Zealand. Richard Leigh followed up his degree from Tufts University, Boston, with postgraduate studies at the University of Chicago and Stony Brook New York State University. They are co-authors of investigative religious books including The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, The Messianic Legacy and The Temple and the Lodge.