The Constitutions of the Free - Masons (Leather Bound)
The Constitutions of the Free - Masons
A beautiful leather bound with gold leaf foil on the spine and cover with a divider ribbon.
The1723 Constitutions were important not only to the United Grand Lodge of England but also to many other, indeed most, Grand Lodges around the world whose central tenets descend from this seminal document.
The Constitutions gave the world a bold, almost revolutionary, proclamation of Enlightenment values and Freemasonry became an important vector for the propagation of these principles which spread across and were embraced within the United Kingdom, Europe, North and Latin America, and elsewhere, helping to shape models of governance.
The academic conference held at Queens' College, Cambridge, in the autumn of 2023 looked in detail at some of these areas and issues with delegates enjoying papers from a globally-renowned portfolio of speakers from around the world. The papers in this volume of Proceedings are not only an important contribution to academic research but, at the same time, open a window to greater understanding for all. The book will be appreciated by academic and lay readers alike.