This first issue of Journal for Research into Freemasonry and Fraternalism addresses topics related to freemasonry, fraternalism and national identity. In 2006 an eminent group of scholars gathered at the Free university of Brussels for a workshop on ‘Freemasonry and national Identity in Europe: levels of construction’. Professor Jeffrey Tyssens, Guest Editor of this volume, hosted this thoughtprovoking event. Some of the papers from the workshop have now been developed into full articles, introduced thematically by Tim Baycroft, a renowned scholar of nationalism. The classical national level is represented by Nijmegen and Leiden emeritus Anton van de Sande on Prince Frederick as Grand master of the Dutch Grand Orient and his far less successful endeavours to add a masonicmonarchical glue to the fusion of the northern and the southern netherlands into a new national configuration, a shortlived one as we know. Also in this category see the study of roman historian and risorgimentospecialist, Anna Maria Isastia, on the successful masonic contribution to the ‘making’ of Italians. Subsequently the le Havre based historian, Eric saunier, investigates the uneasy relationship between freemasonry and regional identities in late eighteenth century and nineteenth century Normandy. But other levels are touched upon as well. The colonial and postcolonial settings of the central and south Americas are outlined in Richardson’s study of the Brazilian case. Cécile Révauger, the specialist of AngloAmerican Freemasonry at Bordeaux III university, considers the complexities of mixed identities and affiliations in the Caribbean. Finally, young Brussels historian, Anaïs Maes, questions the impact of war on the interface of regional/national/cosmopolitan identifications through an in depth study of Charles Magnette, Belgium’s 1914 Grand master. In the review section, students of nationalism are invited to pay specific attention to Revauger’s and Prohászka’s reviews of three books written by participants of the ESF workshop mentioned above: Jessica HarlandJacobs’ Builders of Empire, Petri Mirala’s Freemasonry in Ulster and London sociologist Montserrat Guibernau’s most recent monograph on nationalism.
Table of Contents
Editorials
Editorial Andreas Önnerfors Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.5
Guest Editorial Jeffrey Tyssens Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.8
Nationalism, National Identity and Freemasonry Timothy Baycroft Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.10
Articles
Monarchy and Aristrocracy as International Factors in Freemasonry: The Case of Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, 1816-1881 Anton van de Sande Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.23
La Franc-maçonnerie et la Construction du Citoyen en Italie Anna Maria Isastia Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.36
Franc-maçonnerie et Identité Régionale: Une Question à Rouvrir Eric Saunier Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.49
Anti-Masonic Speech, 'Quebra-Quilos', and the Empire of Brazil Kim Richardson Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.65
Freemasonry in Barbados, Trinidad and Grenada: British or Homemade? Cécile Révauger Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.79
Charles Magnette, Belgian Grand Master in 1914: Cosmopolitan or Nationalist Icon ? Anaïs Maes Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.94
Reviews
JRFF Review Policy Róbert Péter Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.120
GUIBERNAU, Montserrat, The Identity of Nations GézA PRoHáSzKA Published online: January 22 2010-03-02 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.122
Jessica L. Harland Jacobs, Builders of Empire: Freemasons and British Imperialsim, 1717-1927 Cécile Révauger Published online: January 22 2010-03-02 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.124
Petri Mirala, Freemasonry in Ulster, 1733-1813 Cécile Révauger Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.126
Mervyn Jess, The Orange Order Géza Prohászka Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.128
Giovanna Summerfield, Credere Aude: Mystifying Enlightenment Róbert Péter Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.130
Alain Bauer, trans. Ariel Godwin; Isaac Newton`s Freemasonry: The Alchemy of Science and Mysticism Frigyes Hausz Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.133
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, The Western Esoteric Tradition: A Historical Introduction György E. Szőnyi Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.135
Trevor-Steward (ed), Freemasonry and Religion: Many Faiths, One Brotherhood Jimmy Koppen Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.137
Robert A. Gilbert (ed), Seeking the Light: Freemasonry and Initiatic Traditions Sasha Chaitow Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.139
W. Kirk MacNulty, Freemasonry: Symbols, Secrets, Significance Sasha Chaitow Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.141
Donald C. O'Brien, Amos Doolittle: Engraver of the New Republic Aimee E. Newell Published online: January 22 2010 DOI 10.1558/JRFF.v1i1.143