Speculative Freemasonry and the Enlightenment
Freemasonry began with stonemasons in the Middle Ages experiencing the decline of cathedral building. Some guilds invited honorary memberships to boost their numbers. These usually highly educated new members practiced symbolic or "speculative Freemasonry."
The new Masonic lodges and learned societies offered their growing numbers of Protestant, Catholic and Jewish members an understanding of...
Freemasonry began with stonemasons in the Middle Ages experiencing the decline of cathedral building. Some guilds invited honorary memberships to boost their numbers. These usually highly educated new members practiced symbolic or "speculative Freemasonry."
The new Masonic lodges and learned societies offered their growing numbers of Protestant, Catholic and Jewish members an understanding of...
