Full name: The Freemasons: A History of the World's Most Powerful Secret Society

Author: Jasper Ridley Year: 2002 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Politics, Religion Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781611450101 1611450101

For many centuries, since their founding as a guild comprising the master builders of the great castles and cathedrals of the Middle Ages, the freemasons have enjoyed a dual reputation: powerful-often munificent-rulers, politicians, and artists whose works have enhanced our world; and members of a dread secret society bent on evil. Here, the eminent historian Jasper Ridley offers a thoughtful, rounded assessment of freemasonry throughout the ages, from its origins up to the present day. Not a mason himself, Ridley nonetheless refutes many of the outrageous allegations made against the order and puts into proper perspective its many contributions to civilization over the centuries. Similar books: The History of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey A Brief History of the Western World by Thomas H. Greer The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigley Catastrophe by David Keys 1492 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Civilization by Roger Osborne The Greatest Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer It IS About Islam by Glenn Beck The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks Epicenter by Joel C. Rosenberg After the Prophet by Lesley Hazleton Paradise Now by Chris Jennings The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand Secret Affairs by Mark Curtis The Complete Infidel's Guide to the Koran by Robert Spencer Black Wave by Kim Ghattas Deer Hunting with Jesus by Joe Bageant The End of White Christian America by Robert P. Jones The Mantle of the Prophet by Roy Mottahedeh