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The Lautaro Lodges

1967; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 24; Issue: 01 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/979797

1533-6247

Keld J. Reynolds,

Historical Studies in Latin America

The Lautaro lodges of revolutionary South America had their roots in Spain and England where creole patriots dreamed and plotted the overthrow of Spanish colonial power. The name was that of an Indian chief of the Araucanians of Chile, immortalized by the poet, Alonzo de Ercilla y Zúñiga. There is general agreement among Latin American historians that the Lautaro lodges played a significant role in the struggle for independence. Still debated is whether or not they were masonic or merely resembled the Freemasons in organization and principles.