Gould, Robert Freke, 1836-1915 · New York : Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co. · leaf 163
d in the form of guilds,which may (or may not) have been derived from Italy,as stated by the learned Heineccius. The ravages andinternal feuds had doubtless destroyed many existingchurches, while the return of prosperity increased thepopulation, and hence, coupled with the greater stabilityof the… … MedicBval Operative Masonry. 135 would be equivalent to supposing that the crazy reveriesof the Knight of La Mancha had ever any foundationin historic fact. The Church had to contend not onlywith an immense amount of fraud and violence, but alsowith, what is generally but little suspected, a very…
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