История тайных обществ, союзов и орденов (L)

Attraction to the mysterious, the desire to unite in unions of a religious, moral and political nature is a feature of the development of mankind. This idea gives unity to all those forms of secret associations, about which Georg Schuster tells fascinatingly. The author possesses colossal erudition, using in his work a huge array of printed and handwritten literature. The first volume deals with the emergence of secret societies of antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The second volume deals with the history of secret societies and orders of the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe and North America. For a wide range of readers. Book One Introduction Secret Societies and Orders of Antiquity Secret Societies and Orders of the Middle Ages Secret Societies in the Age of Reformation book two Secret societies and orders of the eighteenth century Secret societies and unions of modern times