... emotional and practical support and describes their bond as “unritualized friendships.” banquets in lodges Bussi Aumont lodge of Fleury André cardinal de police crackdown on Freemasons by drinking in clubs and in Freemasonry military officers in lodges nobility Beaurepaire Pierre Yves Calvières...

...This book has explored the social history of male friendship in Enlightenment France by focusing on the institution of Freemasonry. It has identified two forms of friendship that converged within masonic sociability: ritualized friendship and unritualized friendship. It has discussed Freemasonry's...