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What is the Regius Poem?
The Regius Poem, also known as the Halliwell Manuscript, is the earliest surviving version of the Masonic Old Charges, composed in rhymed verse and dated to approximately 1390 or 1400.
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What historical context surrounds the creation of the Regius Poem?
The creation of the Regius Poem (also known as the Halliwell Manuscript) took place against a backdrop of widespread building activity, trade regulation, and the large-scale impressment of stonemasons in medieval England. From 1344 onward, and particularly during the massive rebuilding of Windsor Castle in the 1360s, the Crown routinely impressed masons from across the country. Assembling such vast numbers of craftsmen at central royal works consolidated local customs, which likely provided the impetus to record these traditions in writing for the first time.
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What is the Regius poem?
The Regius Poem, also known as the Regius or Halliwell Manuscript, is the oldest known version of the Old Charges or Constitutions of Freemasonry, dated to approximately 1390–1400 A.D.. Written in rhymed Middle English verse, its Masonic character was overlooked for centuries because early library catalogues misdescribed it as a poem on moral duties or levities, until J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps brought its contents to light in the late 1830s.
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