In 1797, the former Jesuit Abbot Barruel published four volumes in London and explained the French Revolution as a conspiracy of philosophers, masons, and Bavarian Illuminati. His interpretation of events is still read today. The trick is that some of his plots are confirmed by documents, while others he invented himself, and they sound equally convincing. Here are ten statements about lodges and the revolution. Separate truth from fiction and find out if you would have believed the abbot.