200 Years of Royal Arch Freemasonry in England 1813-2013 - Hardcover

Yasha Beresiner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0853184399 ISBN 13: 9780853184393

Publisher: Lewis Masonic, 2013

Synopsis

The Royal Arch, also known as 'Red Lodge' or Chapter is one of the most popular and enlightening of the Orders beyond the Craft. Published to coincide with the celebrations of 200 years of Royal Arch Freemasonry, this extensive volume encompasses much more than the title implies. Divided into three parts with added appendices, the book covers the story behind the creation of Supreme Grand Chapter within the context of Craft Freemasonry, to which it is so closely attached. It is a comprehensive guide to the Order of the Royal Arch, its history and development from the mid 18th century to the present day. This is the only text to date to answer such important questions as: How did the Royal Arch end up in its current position, so unique to England? How did the Antients Grand Lodge treat this 4th Degree of Freemasonry? Was the Charter of Compact really falsified? And did the Duke of Sussex have his own private Chapter? This easy to read and comprehensive volume includes an innovative story line of the day of celebration on 27 December 1813, written in the form of a novelette. It is in a style that allows the reader to learn all the events surrounding the creation of the Order with ease and confidence. For the serious scholar, Yasha Beresiner's book reveals new ground in the discovery and analysis of documents newly recovered and incorporates an annual chronology of events from 1813 to 2013.

About this title

About the Author:

Yasha Beresiner was born in Turkey in 1940 and is a law graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1968). He moved to England in 1969, and after an extended career as a legal consultant, was appointed a director of Stanley Gibbons Ltd., the stamp magnates. In 1983 he set up his own international collectors company, InterCol London (www.intercol.co.uk). He is a qualified City of London Guide (and editor of their quarterly publication) and a past master (2001–2002) of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards, founded in 1628. He is an accredited NADFAS lecturer and a prolific author. In addition to a dozen books on a range of subjects, his articles have appeared in specialized collectors’ and other magazines throughout Europe and the Americas. His book English County Maps won the British Library Association award for Best Reference work for 1988.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lewis Masonic
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0853184399
• ISBN 13: 9780853184393
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304