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Overview

Lively...illuminating. A refreshing example of scholarly detective work.—Kirkus Reviews

For history buffs, curious Catholics, mystery lovers, and Freemasons everywhere comes the first comprehensive and objective book in more than 100 years on the world's largest fraternal organization.

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Overview

Lively...illuminating. A refreshing example of scholarly detective work.—Kirkus Reviews

For history buffs, curious Catholics, mystery lovers, and Freemasons everywhere comes the first comprehensive and objective book in more than 100 years on the world's largest fraternal organization.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly
Unlike most of its five million members, including many world leaders, who believe that the Freemasons, the world's largest fraternal organization, evolved from the guilds of medieval stonemasons, historian Robinson persuasively links Freemasonry's origins and goals to the once powerful and wealthy Knights Templar order. Banned and persecuted by a 14th-century papal bull, he claims, the Knights were forced to form an underground society. The author combines scholarly research and entertaining storytelling in tracing Freemasonry as a worldwide political, religious, economic and social body dedicated to self-improvement and charity while governed by secret rituals and symbols (explained here in detail). (Jan.)
Library Journal
Historians are always wary of newcomers who try to reinterpret old events in a new way. Here, Robinson (not a professional historian) takes a fresh look at the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 in England and emerges with something really new. It had been thought that this revolt against feudal landlords and royalty was a spontaneous one led by ad hoc people. Robinson shows, in what seems to be a convincing way, that far from being spontaneous, the revolt was a well-planned and highly organized attempt on the part of remnants of the Knights Templar (disbanded by the Pope 65 years earlier) to get retribution against the Knights Hospitaller. Robinson's hypothesis explains many previously unanswerable facts; for those interested in medieval British history and Freemasonry.-- Gordon Stein, Univ. of Rhode Island, Providence
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Based on years of research, this probing book solves the last remaining mysteries of the Masons--their secret words, symbols, and allegories whose true meanings had been lost in antiquity but whose origins can be traced to Norman French, the language spoken by the Knights' Templar. Demonstrates how, more than 600 years later the heritage of the Knights Templar lives on in the largest and most successful secret society in the history of the world: Freemasonry.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781590771488
  • Publisher: M.Evans & Company
  • Publication date: 9/16/2009
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 162,283
  • Product dimensions: 5.80 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 1.20 (d)

Meet the Author

John J. Robinson, now deceased, was a business executive and ex-marine as well as the author of several books including Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades.

John J. Robinson, now deceased, was a business executive and ex-marine as well as the author of several books including Dungeon, Fire and Sword: The Knights Templar in the Crusades.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 22, 2010

    Knights Templar and Freemasonry

    This book was recommended to me by a Mason. It was his opinion that it gave a fairly realistic viewpoint of the history of Freemasonry. I bought the book and read it prior to my induction into Masonry.

    The book is historical in nature. It traces the evolution of the Knights Templar through the Crusades and ultimately their demise under King Phillip of France. When the Knights Templar were forced into hiding, many fled mainland Europe for England and Scotland. Herein the author tries to draw a parallel between their disbanding and the underground Freemasonry movement which existed at that time.

    The second half of the book discusses some of the symbolism and rituals that comprise Freemasonry today.

    I personally found the book interesting but quite difficult to read.

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  • Posted February 10, 2010

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    If you are new to masonary or want to know about it, this is the closest to the reality of masonary's origins,history and activities. Though no one knows for sure, Steve's investigaton in to masonary gives a more realistic view.

    I found the invistigative writing following the language of the words used in masonary very interesting in leading the writer in his surch of meanings. This is a reality check in masonary and clears up alot of misunderstandings about the symbols,teachings and secrets.

    I would recomend this as an intoduction to masonary.

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