Wow, really nice illustration. excellent details. Yes, originally the lodges were all male, and in some places, such as England, they never had the "rite of adoption" -- and then by the time of the end of the first empire, as freemasonry was becoming more consistently organized, all of the lodges went back to being all male. The thing that I find fascinating is the number of high-ranking nobles who were members of lodges in the 18th century.
yes very much so....people like Voltaire, Ben Franklin, Diderot, John Locke, Haydn, Mozart, Joseph II of Austria, Frederick II of Prussia, Prince Caramanico were Freemasons
...only with men...as it was usual
Wow, really nice illustration. excellent details. Yes, originally the lodges were all male, and in some places, such as England, they never had the "rite of adoption" -- and then by the time of the end of the first empire, as freemasonry was becoming more consistently organized, all of the lodges went back to being all male. The thing that I find fascinating is the number of high-ranking nobles who were members of lodges in the 18th century.
I think the lodges had a great share at the spread of the enlightenment idea....
yes very much so....people like Voltaire, Ben Franklin, Diderot, John Locke, Haydn, Mozart, Joseph II of Austria, Frederick II of Prussia, Prince Caramanico were Freemasons