{"product_id":"the-collected-prestonians-volume-five-1997-2008","title":"The Collected Prestonians Volume Five 1997-2008","description":"\u003cp\u003eA great many Masonic lectures are written and delivered every year but only one receives the official sanction and authority of the United Grand Lodge of England. Every year Grand Lodge appoints a Prestonian Lecturer who submits a paper on a subject of his own choosing. The authors are among the most respected names in Masonic research and, wherever Prestonian Lectures are delivered, they attract large audiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lectures are named after William Preston (1742-1818) who made a bequest to Grand Lodge which was to fund an annual lecture. With occasional exceptions, a Prestonian Lecture was given annually from 1820 until 1862, when the lectureship was allowed to lapse. It was revived in 1924 and, except for a break during the War years (1940-1946), a Lecture has been given annually ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe previous four volumes of Collected Prestonian Lectures have been 'Masonic best-sellers'. This fifth volume contains eleven of the twelve papers presented between 1997 and 2008 and is the first time they have appeared in collected form. Only one has been omitted because of its esoteric content. They cover a wide variety of subjects of broad interest and are aimed at general Masonic audiences and readers, rather than dedicated Masonic scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLECTURES IN THIS VOLUME\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1997 The Image of Freemasonry in Popular Fiction - R.A. Gilbert\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1998 Elias Ashmole: the First Recorded English Freemason - B.F. Page \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1999 Freemasonry and Entertainment - J.F. Ashby\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2000 for therein you will be taught . . .Some Thoughts on the Relationship between Freemasonry and Religion - R.A. Crane  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2002 The Anglo-Irish Masonic Connections -C.W. Wallis-Newport\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2003 The Contribution of the Provinces to the Development of English Freemasonry - A.N. Newman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2004 English Freemasonry: Origins, Themes and Developments A.T. Stewart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2005 Women and Freemasonry G.W.S. Davie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2006 The Victoria Cross Freemasons  Band of Brothers -G.S. Angell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2007 Grand Secretaries of UGLE (1813-1980) -R.B.F. Khambatta\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2008 The Language of the Ritual - R.D.T. Sillett \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong fr-original-style=\"\"\u003ePaperback, 416 Printed Pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lewis Masonic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56386706407809,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0192\/1843\/2064\/files\/capture_fb68ff6856.jpg?v=1791590533","url":"https:\/\/ravenmasonicbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-collected-prestonians-volume-five-1997-2008","provider":"Raven Masonic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}