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Commanderie de la Sainte-Baume

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Blason de la Commanderie de la Sainte-Baume

Strict Observance

Historical background

Developed in eighteenth-century German territories around Baron von Hund, the Strict Observance offered a Masonic system with a chivalric character.

Description

Its Templar narrative expresses a claimed tradition rather than establishing historical continuity with the medieval order. It influenced the Rectified system.

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