{"product_id":"masonic-rivalries-and-literary-politics-from-jonathan-swift-to-henry-fielding-9781717258649","title":"Masonic Rivalries and Literary Politics: From Jonathan Swift to Henry Fielding","description":"Freemasonry had a major influence on politics and literature in eighteenth-century Britain, but many historical accounts have been limited by an overly Anglo-centric focus, which omitted the importance of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Europe in its development. The persistent \"conventional wisdom\" that the fraternity was non-political ignored the intense Jacobite-Hanoverian and Tory-Whig rivalries that continued from the 1690s. The assumption that Freemasonry generally espoused a rationalistic Enlightenment agenda omits the Hermetic, Cabalistic, and chivalric themes that infused the \u003ci\u003e cossais\u003c\/i\u003e (Scottish-French) higher degrees which expanded rapidly in Europe and eventually in Britain itself. These rivalries and polarizations were reflected in the Tory-Jacobite writings of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Moses Mendes, Eliza Haywood, Chevalier Ramsay, and many others, while Whig-Hanoverian authors such as Daniel Defoe, Jean-Theophilus Desaguliers, \"Orator\" Henley, and Henry Fielding supported the loyalist agenda of the Grand Lodge of England. By providing a detailed, chronological account of these developments, this book fills many gaps in eighteenth-century Masonic history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarsha Keith Schuchard, Ph. D has written extensively on eighteenth-century Cabalistic and \"illuminist\" Freemasonry and its influence on Swift, Ramsay, Swedenborg, and Blake. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTable of content\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 - The Ruined Temple and the Flight of Knights (1685-1691)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 - Freemasons, Rosicrucians, and Radical Clubs (1691-1703)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 - Jacobites, Williamites, and Disputed Architectural Traditions (1695-1703)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 - Judaized Scots, Jacobite Jews, and the Problem of \"False Brothers\" (1702-1712)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 - Building Castles in the Air, at Home and Abroad (1710-1716)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 - The Swedish-Jacobite Plot and the Grand Lodge of London (1716-1719)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7 - Scottish-Swedish Masonic Traditions and English Innovations (1719-1722)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8 - Atterbury, Wharton, and \"Combinations of Workmen\" (1722-1723)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9 - Chinese and Cabalistic Threats to the Grand Lodge (1723-1724)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10 - Masonic Rivalries and International Ramifications (1725-1726)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11 - A New King, Yet Old Corruption (1727-1730)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12 - International Expansion of Chivalric Masonry (1730-1732)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13 - Masonic Politics and \"A Babel of Religions\" (1732-1733)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14 - Outbreaks of \"Hyp\" at Home and Abroad (1734)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15 - Riots in Britain, Wars in Europe, Charges of Masonic Conspiracy (1735-1736)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16 - Rival Claimants to the \"Higher Order\" and \"Ancient Footing\" (1737)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17 - Two Young Pretenders to the British Throne (1738-1739)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18 - Masonic Cabalists and the Opposition Cabal (1740-1742)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19 - Mock Masons, Royal Arch Rebels, and Invasion Fears (1743-1744)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20 - Rebuilding the Temple in the North (1745)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21 - Early Jacobite Victories, Apparent Hanoverian Triumph (1745-1746)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22 - Rival Grand Masters, Beheadings, and Boastings (1746-1748)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23 - Disappearance of One Young Pretender, Emergence of the Other (1748-1750)\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue - Schisms: Antients versus Moderns, Royalists versus Republicans, Nationalists versusImperialists (1751-1788)\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50362570014994,"sku":"9781717258649","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9ccfe705-1176-4932-8ccb-ae1db39b94ab.jpg?v=1728387497","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/masonic-rivalries-and-literary-politics-from-jonathan-swift-to-henry-fielding-9781717258649","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}