{"product_id":"9781931468220","title":"New England and the Bavarian Illuminati","description":"\u003ci\u003eNew England and the Bavarian Illuminati\u003c\/i\u003e is the history of  the Illuminati scare that occurred in America at the  end of the eighteenth century. It tells how the  Federalists, including the New England clergy in  particular, seized upon the idea that the Illuminati  were behind the actions of the Democrats. Only a  far-reaching conspiracy could explain the irreverent  habits and searing attacks of the Jeffersonians. Fear  of the secret Democratic Clubs, magnified by fear of  the French Jacobins, made such a conspiracy readily  believable.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Dr. Stauffer ably details the state of American  politics and religion before and after the American  Revolution. He recounts the known history of the  Illuminati, and reviews how knowledge of the secret  organization was transmitted to America. The  conspiracy alarm is traced in detail, from the first  announcement of the existence of the Illuminati given  during a sermon, through the heated and virulent  debates in newspapers and pamphlets, and finally to  the decline of the public spectacle under  counter-attacks and satirical mockery.  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  This study of the Illuminati in New England was  originally published in 1918. Acclaimed from its first  printing, it has since then developed a respectable  position as one of the most competent and important  histories on the shadowy Order of the Illuminati.","brand":"Invisible College Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49899277615344,"sku":"9781931468220","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781931468220","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}