Brotherly love : freemasonry and male friendship in Enlightenment France /

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Friendship, an acquired relationship primarily based on choice rather than birth, lay at the heart of Enlightenment preoccupations with sociability and the formation of the private sphere. In Brotherly Love, Kenneth Loiselle argues that Freemasonry is an ideal arena in which to explore the changing...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Loiselle, Kenneth, 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Series:EBL-Schweitzer
Subjects:
1700-1799
Freemasonry > France > History > 18th century.
Male friendship > France > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment > France.
Franc-maçonnerie > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Amitié masculine > France > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > France.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Enlightenment.
Freemasonry.
Male friendship.
Manners and customs.
France > Social life and customs > 18th century.
France > Mœurs et coutumes > 18e siècle.
France.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The masonic utopia of friendship
  • Friendship in ritual
  • Confronting the specter of sodomy
  • "New but true friends" : the friendship network of Philippe-Valentin Bertin du Rocheret
  • Friendship in the age of sensibility
  • Friendship under fire : freemasonry in the French Revolution.

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