Research paper
Schüttler, Die Mitglieder des Illuminatenordens (1991)
A reference work identifying about 1,400 members of the order by name.
- Date
- 1991
- Author / issuer
- Hermann Schüttler
What it is
A prosopography — a collective biography — of the order's membership, compiled by Hermann Schüttler from the surviving records.
Why it matters
It identifies about 1,400 members by name, with their code names and occupations, and is the basis for modern estimates of the order's size and social make-up. Older estimates of several thousand members should be read against it.
Source reference
Hermann Schüttler, Die Mitglieder des Illuminatenordens 1776–1787/93 (Munich: Ars Una, 1991).