{"product_id":"born-in-blood-the-lost-secrets-of-freemasonry-hardcover","title":"Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn J. Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLively...illuminating. A refreshing example of scholarly detective work.--Kirkus Reviews \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-1x3r274\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"\u003eBorn in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"\u003e is a historical investigation by John J. Robinson (c. 1918–1996), an American business executive, former Marine, and medievalist. A member of the Medieval Academy of America and the Organization of American Historians, Robinson began the project as a study of England’s Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 and was drawn instead into the suppression of the Knights Templar and the hidden origins of Freemasonry. He later became a Freemason and a founding figure of the Masonic Information Center. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"\u003eThe book argues that Freemasonry did not grow from ordinary stonemasons’ guilds. After the 1307 arrests ordered by Philip IV of France and Pope Clement V, Templars who escaped to Britain, Robinson contends, formed an underground society of mutual protection that survived in secret until the public appearance of Freemasonry in London in 1717. He links Masonic words, grips, symbols, and the Hiram Abiff legend to Templar language and history, and he reads the 1381 revolt—and figures such as Wat Tyler—as part of that hidden network. The narrative runs through Crusader warfare, papal and royal persecution, and the later spread of Masonry among statesmen and revolutionaries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1adg3ll r-1g7jtus r-1x3r274\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-1x3r274\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.34 x 6.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67549717790902,"sku":"9780871316028","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4516\/0886\/files\/4113A209-266E-415B-9543-DCDF7CB9B13E.jpg?v=1790451526","url":"https:\/\/sovereignarchivepublishing.com\/products\/born-in-blood-the-lost-secrets-of-freemasonry-hardcover","provider":"Sovereign Archive Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}