Was Anderson’s 1723 Constitutions merely a Masonic book, or was it also shaped by politics, empire, and legitimacy?

In this episode of Masonic Muscle, we finish David Stevenson’s article on James Anderson and ask what Anderson, Grand Lodge, royal patronage, and public legitimacy reveal about early modern Freemasonry.

This episode solves one Masonic problem: how can Masons study Anderson’s Constitutions as history, politics, myth, and institutional strategy at the same time?

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