Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Origins
2. Daily Lives Measured in Masonic Time
3. Schools of Government
4. Money, Equality, and Fraternity: Freemasons Negotiate the Market
5. Women in the Lodges

Conclusion

Further Reading
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

About the Author

Margaret C. Jacob is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of many books, including Strangers Nowhere in the World: The Rise of Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Europe, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press, as well as The Enlightenment: A Brief History with Selected Texts and Scientific Culture and the Making of the Industrial West.

Reviews

"A classic in the field."--American Historical Review "Highly recommended."--Choice "When inviting us to go on a journey to the Origins of Freemasonry, Margaret C. Jacob does not take us towards the mysterious deserts of the East or the dark chapels of the Knights Templar. But, once again, she demonstrates that real history is often much more fascinating than the most extravagant fictions."--Roger Dachez, President, Masonic Institute of France