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History of freemasonry
Traditional accounts trace the Craft's history back to antiquity, claiming roots in ancient geometry, Roman garrisons, and early royal patronage. The legend of an assembly at York in 926 AD under King Athelstan long served as a foundational origin story in English Masonry, recorded in the circa 1390 Regius Manuscript and subsequent manuscript Constitutions. In architectural history, 18th- and 19th-century theories frequently attributed Gothic church construction to travelling guilds of lay brethren working under central leadership, though later historians rejected this view as speculative.
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How did later Masonic scholars such as Gould and Hughan correct James Anderson’s traditional narrative regarding Prince Edwin and the Assembly at York in 926 AD?
Prince Edwin and the alleged 926 AD Assembly at York were presented by James Anderson in his 1723 and 1738 Book of Constitutions as verified history, claiming that Prince Edwin obtained a charter and presided over a Grand Lodge in York. In Craft Masonry, later scholars such as William James Hughan and Robert Freke Gould re-examined these claims by establishing the authentic school of Masonic research, notably through Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, relying on evidence-based historical manuscript records.
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When was the Freemasons movement started and where did it originate
The precise origins of Freemasonry remain unclear, but modern scholars generally trace its roots to medieval stonemasons who constructed castles and cathedrals, as the United Grand Lodge of England states.
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