L'activité d'une loge de Bordeaux entre 1780 et 1782

Johel Coutura : The activities of a Bordeaux masonic lodge (1780-82). The acquisition by the Grand Orient de France library of the registers of one of the numerous Bordeaux lodges, L'Étoile Flamboyante aux Trois Lys, gives us a rare chance to study the everyday workings of a lodge, despite covering only three years. This small lodge of about twenty members, mainly traders, suffered from their frequent absences and serious financial difficulties. The registers give information about the running of the lodge, the organisation of banquets, the rites used, the officers and ceremonial. Unfortunately the details of the accounts are not known, nor is the work in the meetings, which would have shown how far they were influenced by new ideas. We do however find quite a large number of visitors, including several foreigners.Coutura Johel. L'activité d'une loge de Bordeaux entre 1780 et 1782. In: Dix-huitième Siècle, n°21, 1989. Montesquieu et la Révolution. pp. 265-276