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Lautaro rebellion 1553

Synopsis
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Additional info

Starting date: . Ending: . Duration: 3,5 years. Name in sources: Batalla de Tucapel; Gran rebelión Mapuche; Guerra de Arauco. Location: Tucapel and Bio Bio region Country (current): Chile. Monarchy: Spanish. Main participants: Indigenous. Number of participants: >500. Main reasons & motivations: Anti-colonial, Resistance to conquest. Leadership: Lautaro. Relevance: high.

Further reading
RODRIGUES, Erick (2023). La tierra de guerra: conquistas, resistências e formação de espaços nos conflitos hispano-mapuches (Reino do Chile, 1541-1626). Natal: UFRGN (Tese Doutorado).

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Cite this entry

The Editors (2025). "Lautaro rebellion 1553," in Rebellions in the Early Modern Iberian World. http://atlas.cidehusdigital.uevora.pt/revolt/lautaro-rebellion-1553/ (accessed on 02 August 2025).