The History And Persecutions Of Spanish Freemasonry

The paper details the history of Spanish Freemasonry from its foundation to the present day presents details of the persecutions suffered by the Spanish brethren virtually throughout their history. The paper describes the socio-political developments in Spain in which Spanish Freemasonry was intertwined and explains the development of the 'contubernio' (secret alliance) theory by which anti-Masons sought to justify their actions. Considerable detail about the Spanish Civil War and the Franquismo. Explanation of the relationship between Freemasonry and the Age of Enlightenment and Liberalism and the reasons for persecution.

On 6 June 1936, Snr.Jose Maria Gil Robles, Leader of the Spanish Catholic Party, the CEDA, rose to address the Spanish Cortez or parliament. He laid bare the parlous state of Spain when he noted that during the four months the left wing Popular Front government had been in power 160 churches had been burned to the ground and there had been 269 mainly political murders and 1287 assaults. No less than 69 political centres had been wrecked and 10 newspaper offices had been sacked. There had been 113 general strikes and 228 partial strikes. ‘Let us not deceive ourselves!’ said Gil Robles, ‘A country can live under a Monarchy or a Republic, with a parliamentary or a presidential system, under Communism or Fascism! But it cannot live in anarchy. Now, alas, Spain is in anarchy. And we are today present at the funeral service of democracy!’

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