Excerpt from The History of Freemasonry, Vol. 2: Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs, Etc.; Embracing an Investigation of the Records of the Organisations of the Fraternity in England, Scotland, Ireland, British Colonies, France, Germany and the United States, Derived From Official Sources St Stephen's, Vienna, might suggest to fanciful minds the image Of a watch-tower overlooking the waste beyond. What Gothic buildings exist in Pomerania were erected by the Teutonic settlers and conquerors, while Scandinavia, though inhabited by a kindred race, was probably too poor and remote to participate in the general movement. Gothic is not only the last link in the chain of genuine and original style, the architecture of the modern as distinguished from the ancient world, but it was also the product Of a peculiar romantic temperament developed at that particular period, which was totally unlike anything that hasbeen seen either before or since, even among the same nations, and which showed itself, not only in architecture but literature, and even in politics, notably in the great movement Of the Crusades. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.