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Foundations of New FreemasonryRic Berman

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Foundations of New Freemasonry

The Grand Architects, Political Change and the Scientific Enlightenment, 1714–1740

by Ric Berman

A detailed study of the men who led the early Grand Lodge of London, including Desaguliers, Payne and Martin Folkes. Berman shows how they used Freemasonry to build networks of Whig patronage, science and loyalty to the Hanoverian regime.

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