Living the Enlightenment: Freemasonry and Politics in Eighteenth-Century Europe.

Abstract

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 maconnique: The Paris Grand Lodge and the Reform of National Government Conclusion: The Enlightenment Redefined