John Robison's Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe, published in 1797, is a primary polemical text, not independent scholarship. Its strength is that it is one of the two founding documents, alongside Barruel's Memoirs, of the enduring Illuminati conspiracy narrative, so it is the correct citation for the claim's own origin. Its limit is the same as Barruel's book: it is the primary source of the conspiracy theory itself, not evidence for it, and its claims are not corroborated by independent historical scholarship.
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Reliability Tier3
Reliability tier 3: a primary polemical text, one of the two founding documents of its own conspiracy narrative, cited as the origin of the claim rather than as evidence for it. NotesJohn Robison's own conspiratorial treatise on Freemasonry and the Illuminati, 1797; a primary polemical text, not independent scholarly analysis.
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AuthorJohn Robison
PublisherT. Cadell and W. Davies
Publication Year1797
Source Typebook
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This source names Europe directly: "all the Religions and Governments of Europe, published in 1797, is a primary polemical text, not independent scholarship."
Source Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of EuropeJohn Robison
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Secret Societies, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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