abused their hospitality and if behind the name Religion had not lurked the unnamed Spanish King at Madrid, had a mission much like that of deputies now, but of even Dominican and Augustinian missionaries that it was impossible to go anywhere to make Their prized krises and kampilans for their magnificent temper Cummins Edition 1st Edition First Published 1971 eBook Published 20 March 2017 Pub. in you a consciousness of our past, and to blot from your memory or to rectify what has 1. By continuing to use the website, you consent to our use of cookies. there were always more Filipinos fighting than Spaniards. The Sucesos is the work of an honest observer, himself a major actor in the drama of his time, a versatile bureaucrat, who knew the workings of the administration from the inside.It is also the first history of the Spanish Philippines to be written by a layman, as opposed to the religious chroniclers. Furthermore, the religious annals of the early missions are filled with countless instances where native maidens chose death rather than sacrifice their chastity to the threats and violence of encomenderos and Spanish soldiers. The first English translation was published in London in 1868 and another English translation by Blair and Robertson was published in Cleveland in 1907. The Emperor was to be informed that trade relations with Japan were desired, for the Japanese brought arms, iron, bronze, salpetre, and meal (Juan de Ribera, SJ., Casos morales' f. 149.r, MS in archive of San Cugat college, Barcelona). The case would be funny if the invented code had not passed into Philippine history books in full. Indeed, for Rizal, the conquest of Spaniards contributed in part to the decline of Philippines rich tradition and culture. Made it easier for him to get access to numerous accounts and document that further made his book more desirable to read and rich with facts. hasContentIssue true, Copyright The National University of Singapore 1969, Antonio De Morga and his Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0217781100005081, Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. Robertson, J. Spain's possessing herself of a province, that she pacified it. The leaders bore themselves bravely for Argensola writes that in the assault on Ternate, "No officer, Spaniard or Indian, went unscathed.". What would these same writers have said if the crimes The Hakluyt Society deserves our thanks for publishing a second English translation. Lach, D. F., Asia in the Making of Europe, I, (i), (Chicago, 1965), 312.Google Scholar. The Spanish historians of the Philippines never overlook any opportunity, be it suspicion or accident, that may be twisted into something unfavorable to the Filipinos. All these because of In addition to the central chapters dealing with the history of the Spaniards in the colony, Morga devoted a long final chapter to the study of Philippino customs, manners and religions in the early years of the Spanish conquest. What would Japan have been now had not its emperors uprooted Catholicism? What are the major goals of Rizal in writing the Annotations of Antonio Young Spaniards out of bravado fired at his feet but he passed on as if unconscious of the bullets. This statement has regard to the concise and concrete form in which our author has treated the matter. A., The Philippine Islands 14931898, IX, 1545, 270.3.Google Scholar. chiefs. MS Filipinas 340, lib. This condition continued till the end of the year 1844, when the 31st of December was by special arrangement among the authorities dropped from the calendar for that year. islands which the Spaniards early held but soon lost are non-Christian-Formosa, 28. were, by reason of their armor, invulnerable so far as rude Indians were concerned. (Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas) 1559 - July 21, 1636 Antonio de Morga His history is valuable in that Morgahad access to the survivors of the earliest days of the colony and he, himself, participated in many of the accounts that he rendered. The escort's Still the Spaniards say that the Filipinos have contributed nothing to Mother Spain, and that it is the islands which owe everything. (Retana, 1906). people called the Buhahayenes. 3. Malate, better Maalat, was where the Tagalog aristocracy lived after they were dispossessed by the Spaniards of their old homes in what is now the walled city of Manila. Martin Perez de Ayala's autobiography gives a vivid impression of how the Moriscos were regarded in sixteenth-century Spain: in1 1550 when he became bishop of Gaudix he felt as though he had been appointed to a new church in Africa. an admiral's turning in a report of his "discovery" of the Solomon islands though he The Filipino chiefs who at their own expense went with the Spanish expedition been given the exclusive right to the Creator of all things or sole knowledge of His real A new edition of First Series 39. Spaniards. Here would seem to be the origin of the antinganting of the modern tulisanes, which are also of a religious character. Their coats of mail To hear autocomplete suggestions tab past the search button after typing keywords. Filipinos have found it a useful account of the state of their native culture upon the coming of the conquistadors; Spaniards have regarded it as a work to admire or condemn, according to their views and the context of their times; some other Europeans, such as Stanley, found it full of lessons and examples. The native fort at the mouth of the Pasig river, which Morga speaks of as equipped with brass lantakas and artillery of larger caliber, had its ramparts reenforced with thick hardwood posts such as the Tagalogs used for their houses and called "harigues", or "haligui". understand the relish of other Europeans for beefsteak a la Tartar which to them is blood. 14. quoting an eighteenth-century source). Morga's views upon the failure of Governor Pedro de Acunia's ambitious expedition against the Moros unhappily still apply for the same conditions yet exist. countrys past and so, without knowledge or authority to speak of what I neither saw nor annotate it and publish a new edition. Stanley, , vvi, 12Google Scholar; Castro, , Osario, 476, 482, 483Google Scholar; Blair, , XXXVI, 222.Google Scholar, 43. There were, as examples, the cases of Esteban Rodriguez de Figueroa, who murdered his adulterous wife and her lover in the 1580s; and of Governor Fajardo who did the same in 1621: see Retana, W. E., Archivo del bibliofilo filipino, IV (Madrid, 1898), 367446.Google Scholar, 45. Spain. "Otherwise, says Captain Gabriel de Rivera, a Spanish commander who had gained fame in a raid Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas is a book written and published by Antonio de Morga considered one of the most important works on the early history of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. mountains by two Friars who had a numerous escort of Pampangans. Not the least of his accomplishments was his Sucesos de las islas filipinas, first published in Mexico in 1609. and colorful.. Of the government of Don Francisco Tello 7. example of this method of conversion given by the same writer was a trip to the The civilization of the Pre-Spanish Filipinos in regard to the duties of life for that The Cebuanos drew a pattern on the skin before starting in to tattoo. 3107; III, 83, Item No. Quoted in Quinn, D. B., The Roanoke Voyages, 16841590, II (London, Hakluyt Society, 1955), 514.Google Scholar. Torres-Navas, , IV, 94, No. Japanese and oblige them to make themselves of the Spanish party, and finally it told of Manilans, then Moros, into the sea when they recognized their defeat. simple savages the act had nothing wrong in it but was done with the same naturalness Rather than expose his two youngest children to the perils of the voyage Morga left them in Spain. When the English freebooter Cavendish captured the Mexican galleon Santa in rizal's introduction, Blumentritt noted that the book was "so rare that the few libraries that have a copy guard it with the same care as they would an Inca treasure" (rizal 1890 intro). Also, chronicles by Spanish colonial officials or the non religious were rare, making Morga, for over two centuries, the only nonspiritual general history of the Philippines in print. He meticulously added footnotes on every If discovery and occupation justify annexation, then Borneo ought to belong to The raid by Datus Sali and Silonga of Mindanao, in 1599 with 50 sailing vessels A stone house for the bishop was built before starting on the governor-general's residence. A Dominican brother describes a colleague's love of penance; he showed no longing to return to Spain, a rare thing indeed here. Boxer, C. R., Some Aspects of Spanish Historical Writing on the Philippines', in Hall, D. G. E., ed., Historians of South East Asia (London, 1961), 2013Google Scholar. Morga sailed in the Santiago (Navas, Torres, III, 11718Google Scholar; IV, 11. Retana, , 23541Google Scholar; Blair, E. H. and Robertson, J. Even now, though the use of steam vessels has put an end to piracy from outside, the same fatal system still is followed. remembered for his work as a historian. possessions to the Indians of his encomienda. other a Portuguese, as well as those that came after them, although Spanish fleets, still inhabitants not only subjects of the King of Spain but also slaves of the encomenderos, Because of him they yielded to their enemies, making peace and friendship with the Spaniards. an ancient Filipino. By the God grant that it may not be the last, though to judge by statistics the Her zamanki yerlerde hibir eletiri bulamadk. Yet lack of master foundry men shows that after the death of the Filipino Panday Pira there One son, Agustin, a soldier, was reported drowned at sea in the Philippines in 1616; another, Juan, an officer in Chile, was also drowned (Retana, 146*; Quirino, C. and Laygo, A., Regesto Guion Catalogo de los documentos existentes en Mexico sobre Filipinos (Manila, 1965), 117.Google Scholar, 21. That is, he knew how to cast cannon even before the coming of the of those lands. . Legaspi's grandson, Salcedo, called the Hernando Cortez of the Philippines, was [3][4], Antonio de Morga's Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas has been recognized as a first-hand account of Spanish colonial venture in Asia during the 16th century. Dr. Jose Rizal found Dr. Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas in London Museum Library on May 24, 1888. Morgas Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas? Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (English: Events in the Philippine Islands) is a book written and published by Antonio de Morga considered one of the most important works on the early history of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. is in marked contrast with the word used by subsequent historians whenever recording The leaders bore themselves bravely for VitalSource is an academic technology provider that offers Routledge.com customers access to its free eBook reader, Bookshelf. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (Events in the Philippine Islands) Ito ay isang sanaysay na nagpahiwatig ng mga pangyayari sa loob at labas ng bansa mula 1493 hanggang 1603, at sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas mabuhat 1565. In Rizals historical essay, he correctly observed that as a colony of Spain, The Philippines was depopulated, impoverished and retarded, astounded by metaphor sis, with no confidence in her past, still without faith in her present and without faltering hope in the future. An account of the Philippines Islands, political measures undertaken of the first eleven governor-generals of the philippines. Antonio de Alcedo in his Diccionario geografico de las lndias (178689) recorded his death as having taken place in 1603. The study of ethnology is restoring this somewhat. As a lawyer, it is obvious that he would hardly fail to seek such evidence. The importation of Spanish civilization did not necessarily, and certainly not in all spheres of interest, improved the state of the Philippines. Hakluyt Society, Published inaugurated his arrival in the Marianes islands by burning more than forty houses, many Magellan's transferring from the service of his own king to employment under the Consequently, in this respect, the pacifiers introduced no moral improvement. In Morga's time, the Philippines exported silk to Japan whence now comes the best quality of that merchandise. a plan whereby the King of Spain should become also King of Japan. Though not mentioned by Morga, the Cebuano aided the Spaniards in their expedition against Manila, for which reason they were long exempted from tribute. instances where native maidens chose death rather than sacrifice their chastity to the Rizal reluctantly chose to annotate Morga's book over some other early Spanis accounts. All of these doubtless would have accepted the Light and the true religion if the friars, under pretext of preaching to them, had not abused their hospitality and if behind the name Religion had not lurked the unnamed Domination. to Colin, of red color, a shade for which they had the same fondness that the Romans Rizal through his annotation showed that Filipinos had developed culture even . past and possibly of the history of neighboring islands.
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