Discuss the origins of the Bavarian Illuminati; the cultural and political climate in the United States in 1798; support for this theory from European authors such as Barruel and Robison; support for these theories by Morse and Dwight; and why this theory ultimately failchoed to gain political traction.
The Masonic Conspiracy In late Spring of 1789 Jedidiah Morse, a prominent New England clergyman, warned of a Mason conspiracy that sought to undermine Christian and republican founding principles of the new formed, United States of America. In an analytical essay, discuss how this fear of a Bavarian Illuminati conspiracy reflected cultural and political anxiety […]