Author name: Bernard Vincent

Bernard Vincent (Paris, 1941) is a French historian who has worked on modern Spain, especially on Moorish society in the 16th century. In 1978, he co-authored the renowned "History of the Moriscos: Life and Tragedy of a Minority" with Antonio Domínguez Ortiz. He holds honorary doctorates from the universities of Alicante (2000), Almería (2004), Granada (2008) and the Complutense University of Madrid (2015).

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Thomas Paine, Freemasonry And The American Revolution

Bernard Vincent / January 1, 1988

Paine was not a Mason, but like all the American, British or French Masons with whom be used to mix, he was a builder; the builder of a democratic system or Ideal based on freedom, equality, social solidarity, and brotherhood.

Benjamin Franklin, Freemasons, John Wilkes, Silas Deane

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