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- catalog abstract "Its mysterious symbols and rituals had been used in secret for centuries before Freemasonry revealed itself in London in 1717. Once known, Freemasonry spread throughout the world and attracted kings, emperors and statesmen to take its sacred oaths. It also attracted great revolutionaries such as George Washington and Sam Houston in America, Juarez in Mexico, Garibaldi in Italy, and Bolivar in South America. It was outlawed over the centuries by Hitler, Mussolini, and the Ayatollah Khomeini. But where had this powerful organization come from? What was it doing in those secret centuries before it rose from underground more than 270 years ago? And why was Freemasonry attacked with such intense hatred by the Roman Catholic church? This amazing detective story answers those questions and proves that the Knights Templar in Britain, fleeing arrest and torture by pope and king, formed a secret society of mutual protection that came to be called Freemasonry. Based on years of meticulous research, this book solves the last remaining mysteries of the Masons - their secret words, symbols, and allefories whose true meanings had been lost in antiquity. With a richly drawn background of the bloody battles, the opportunistic kings and scheming popes, the tortures and religious persecution that were the Middle Ages, it is an important book that may require that we take a new look at the history of events leading to the Protestant Reformation. -- from book jacket.".
- catalog contributor b2807766.
- catalog created "c1989.".
- catalog date "1989".
- catalog date "c1989.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1989.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Its mysterious symbols and rituals had been used in secret for centuries before Freemasonry revealed itself in London in 1717. Once known, Freemasonry spread throughout the world and attracted kings, emperors and statesmen to take its sacred oaths. It also attracted great revolutionaries such as George Washington and Sam Houston in America, Juarez in Mexico, Garibaldi in Italy, and Bolivar in South America. It was outlawed over the centuries by Hitler, Mussolini, and the Ayatollah Khomeini. But where had this powerful organization come from? What was it doing in those secret centuries before it rose from underground more than 270 years ago? And why was Freemasonry attacked with such intense hatred by the Roman Catholic church? This amazing detective story answers those questions and proves that the Knights Templar in Britain, fleeing arrest and torture by pope and king, formed a secret society of mutual protection that came to be called Freemasonry. Based on years of meticulous research, this book solves the last remaining mysteries of the Masons - their secret words, symbols, and allefories whose true meanings had been lost in antiquity. With a richly drawn background of the bloody battles, the opportunistic kings and scheming popes, the tortures and religious persecution that were the Middle Ages, it is an important book that may require that we take a new look at the history of events leading to the Protestant Reformation. -- from book jacket.".
- catalog description "Part 1: The Knights Templar -- The urge to kill -- "For now is tyme to be war" -- "Whether justly or out of hate" -- "First, and above all ... the destruction of the Hospitallers" -- The Knights of the Temple -- The last Grand Master -- "The Hammer of the Scots" -- Four vicars of Christ -- "Spare no known means of torture" -- "No violent effusions of blood" -- Men on the run -- Part 2: The Freemasons -- The birth of the Grand Lodge -- In search of the Medieval Guilds -- "To have my throat cut across" -- "My breast torn open, my heart plucked out" -- The master Mason -- Mystery in language -- Mystery in allegory and symbols -- Mystery in bloody oaths -- Mystery in religious convictions -- Evidence in the Legend of Hiram Abiff -- Monks into Masons -- The Protestant pendulum -- The manufactured mysteries -- The unfinished Temple of Solomon -- Appendix: "Sumanum Genus."".
- catalog extent "xix, 376 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Born in blood.".
- catalog identifier "0712639489".
- catalog identifier "0871316021".
- catalog isFormatOf "Born in blood.".
- catalog issued "1989".
- catalog issued "c1989.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : M. Evans & Co.,".
- catalog relation "Born in blood.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "366/.1 20".
- catalog subject "Freemasonry Great Britain History.".
- catalog subject "Freemasonry History.".
- catalog subject "Freemasonry Rituals History.".
- catalog subject "Freemasons History.".
- catalog subject "HS403 .R64 1989".
- catalog subject "Templars History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part 1: The Knights Templar -- The urge to kill -- "For now is tyme to be war" -- "Whether justly or out of hate" -- "First, and above all ... the destruction of the Hospitallers" -- The Knights of the Temple -- The last Grand Master -- "The Hammer of the Scots" -- Four vicars of Christ -- "Spare no known means of torture" -- "No violent effusions of blood" -- Men on the run -- Part 2: The Freemasons -- The birth of the Grand Lodge -- In search of the Medieval Guilds -- "To have my throat cut across" -- "My breast torn open, my heart plucked out" -- The master Mason -- Mystery in language -- Mystery in allegory and symbols -- Mystery in bloody oaths -- Mystery in religious convictions -- Evidence in the Legend of Hiram Abiff -- Monks into Masons -- The Protestant pendulum -- The manufactured mysteries -- The unfinished Temple of Solomon -- Appendix: "Sumanum Genus."".
- catalog title "Born in blood : the lost secrets of freemasonry / John J. Robinson.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".