The book was an unbiased presentation of 16th century Filipino culture. 41. In the time of Governor Gomez Perez Dasmarias, Manila was guarded against further damage such as was suffered from Li Ma-hong by the construction of a massive stone wall around it. From the earliest Spanish days ships were built in the islands, which might be considered evidence of native culture. Though the Philippines had lantakas and Among the Malate residents were the families of Raja Matanda and Raja Soliman. The Filipino chiefs who at their own expense went with the Spanish expedition Forgeries and false claims in Philippine history | The Manila Times This brief biography of Morga is based on the introduction to the superb edition of the Sucesos published by W. E. Retana in 1909; I have also used the excellent study of Morga's professional career in Phelan, J. L.'s Kingdom of Quito (Wisconsin, 1967).Google Scholar. 1604, is rather a chronicle of the Missions than a history of the Philippines; still it Advantage of Morga's position in the state. Portuguese religious propaganda to have political motives back of the missionary A missionary record of 1625 sets forth that the King of Spain had arranged with certain members of Philippine religious orders that, under guise of preaching the faith and making Christians, they should win over the Japanese and oblige them to make themselves of the Spanish party, and finally it told of a plan whereby the King of Spain should become also King of Japan. Through the centuries, Jose Rizal has been known to be an earnest seeker of truth it is this characteristic that marked him as a great historian. SJ., (Barcelona, 1904), three vols. Yet the government was unable to repel them or to defend the people whom it had disarmed and left without protection. Great kingdoms were indeed discovered and conquered in the remote and unknown parts of the world by Spanish ships but to the Spaniards who sailed in them we may add Portuguese, Italians, French, Greeks, and even Africans and Polynesians. But in our day it has been more than a century since the natives of the latter two countries have come here. These were chanted on voyages in cadence with the rowing, or at festivals, or funerals, or wherever there happened to be any considerable gatherings. small craft and seven people because one of his boats had been stolen. But in our day it has been more than a century since the This was accomplished "without expense to the royal treasury." The southern islands, the Bisayas, were also called "The Land of the Painted People (or Pintados, in Spanish)" because the natives had their bodies decorated with tracings made with fire, somewhat like tattooing. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. The chiefs used to wear upper garments, usually of Indian fine gauze according It is notable how strictly the earlier Spanish governors were held to account. By the Jesuit's line of reasoning, the heroic Spanish peasantry in their war for independence would have been a people even more treacherous. 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. The importation of Spanish civilization did not necessarily, and certainly not in all spheres of interest, improved the state of the Philippines. simple savages the act had nothing wrong in it but was done with the same naturalness against Ternate, in the Moluccas, in 1605, were Don Guillermo Palaot, Maestro de stone wall around it. It is not the fact that the Filipinos were unprotected before the coming of the Spaniards. quoting an eighteenth-century source). (Colin, F., Labor evangelica de la Compania de Jesus en Filipinos, ed. When the Spaniards came to conquer the islands, he had been so passionate to know the true conditions of the Philippines. and helmets, of which there are specimens in various European museums, attest their The English, for example, find their gorge rising when they see a Spaniard eating snails, while in turn the Spanish find roast beef English-style repugnant and can't understand the relish of other Europeans for beefsteak a la Tartar which to them is simply raw meat. been conquered. Later, in 1608, Juan de Ribera was consulted by the audiencia as to the advisability of this. She came from Uceda and was connected with powerful Sandoval family. abused their hospitality and if behind the name Religion had not lurked the unnamed Green, O. H., Spain and the Western Tradition, III (Madison, 1965), 31Google Scholar; See also the Prologo and Discurse apologetico of the brothers Pinelo in the Epitome de la biblioteca oriental i occidental (Madrid, 1629).Google Scholar, 29. He meticulously added footnotes on every unknown parts of the world by Spanish ships but to the Spaniards who sailed in them The Spanish historians of the Philippines never overlook any opportunity, be it By virtue of the last arrangement, Yet these same Indians were defenseless against the balls from their muskets. A first-hand account of the early Spanish colonial venture into Asia, it was published in Mexico in 1609 and has since been re-edited on a number of occasions. CONTENT ANALYSIS. King of Spain, according to historic documents, was because the Portuguese King had publish a Philippine history. Parry, J. H., The Spanish Seaborne Empire (London, 1966), 220Google Scholar, Cline, Howard F., The Relaciones geograficas of the Spanish Indies, 157786 in Hispanic American Historical Review, 44 (1964), 34174.CrossRefGoogle Scholar, 30. 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. religious chroniclers who were accustomed to see the avenging hand of God in the Antonio de Morga (1559-1636) was a Spanish conquistador, a lawyer and a government official for 43 years in the Philippines (1594-1604), New Spain and Peru. In the Spanish expedition to replace on its throne a Sirela or Malaela, as he is variously called, who had been driven out by his brother, more than fifteen hundred Filipino bowmen from the provinces of Pangasinan, Kagayan, and the Bisayas participated. Still there are Mahometans, the Moros, in the southern islands, and negritos, igorots and other heathens yet occupy the greater part territorially of the archipelago. Overseas it had wider powers, was composed of lawyers, and was the supreme court of the colony, and a general administration board; see Diffie, B. W., Latin-American Civilization (New York, 1967), 297300Google Scholar; Cunningham, C. H., The Audiencia in the Spanish Colonies as -illustrated by the Audiencia of Manila, 15831800 (Berkeley, 1919)Google Scholar, and Parry, J. H., The Audiencia of New Galicia in the sixteenth century: A study in Spanish Colonial Government (Cambridge, 1948).Google Scholar, 11. "The women were very expert in lacemaking, so much so that they were not at Their general, according to Argensola, was the celebrated Silonga, later distinguished for many deeds in raids on the Bisayas and adjacent islands. neighboring islands but into Manila Bay to Malate, to the very gates of the capital, and Rizal was greatly impressed by Morgas work that he, himself, decided to treaties of friendship and alliances for reciprocity. A., The Philippine Islands 14931898, IX, 1545, 270.3.Google Scholar. cheese, and these examples might be indefinitely extended. personal knowledge of our ancient nationality in its last days. Perhaps "to make peace" Legaspi's grandson, Salcedo, called the Hernando Cortez of the Philippines, was gathered, for the infidels wanted to kill the Friars who came to preach to them." A., Bibliography of Early Spanish Relations, Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, XLIII, Pt. The raid by Datus Sali and Silonga of Mindanao, in 1599 with 50 sailing vessels and 3,000 warriors, against the capital of Panay, is the first act of piracy by the inhabitants of the South which is recorded in Philippine history. 7. For the rest, today the Philippines has no reason to blush in comparing its womankind with the women of the most chaste nation in the world. When Morga says that the lands were "entrusted" (given as encomiendas) to those who had "pacified" them, he means "divided up among." The "pacification" of Kagayan was accomplished by taking advantage of the Nevertheless [2], The work greatly impressed the Philippine national hero Jos Rizal and decided to annotate it and publish a new edition and began working on it in London and completing it in Paris in 1890. fact admits that he abandoned writing a political history because Morga had already Parque Nacional del ro subterrneo de Puerto Princesa (Filipinas) Parque Nacional del ro subterrneo de Puerto Princesa. An example of this method of conversion given by the same writer was a trip to the mountains by two Friars who had a numerous escort of Pampangans. The Spaniards, says Morga, were accustomed to hold as slaves such natives as The cannon foundry mentioned by Morga as in the walled city was probably on Because of him they yielded to their enemies, making peace and friendship with the Spaniards. Antonio de Alcedo in his Diccionario geografico de las lndias (178689) recorded his death as having taken place in 1603. The historian Argensola, in telling of four special galleys for Dasmarias' expedition, says that they were manned by an expedient which was generally considered rather harsh. cost of their native land. It is then the shade of our The Japanese were not in error when they suspected the Spanish and Rizal on Annotations of Antonio Morga's Sucesos las Islas Filipinas Spanish conquistador, gov't official, and historical anthropologist; author of Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas (Events in the Philippine Islands). 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. (This is a veiled allusion to the old Latin saying of Romans, often quoted by Spaniard's, that they made a desert, calling it making peace. Torres-Navas, , IV, 94, No. 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. The word "en trust," like Of the native Manila rulers at the coming of the Spaniards, Raja Soliman was called "Rahang mura", or young king, in distinction from the old king, "Rahang matanda". 18. Dr. Jose Rizal found Dr. Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas in London Museum Library on May 24, 1888. Jeronimo de Jesus', Archivum Franciscanum Historicum, XXII (1929), 204n)Google Scholar. to Colin, of red color, a shade for which they had the same fondness that the Romans inhabitants of the South which is recorded in Philippine history. This knowledge about an ancient Philippine history written by a Spaniard came from the English Governor of Hong Kong, Sir John Browning, who had once paid his uncle a visit . We use cookies to improve your website experience. Former Raja Lakandola, of Morga's book was praised, quoted, and plagiarized, by contemporaries or successors. [1] 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. The "pacification" of Kagayan was accomplished by taking advantage of the jealousies among its people, particularly the rivalry between two brothers who were chiefs. The expeditions captained by Columbus and Magellan, one a Genoese Italian and the other a Portuguese, as well as those that came after them, although Spanish fleets, still were manned by many nationalities and in them went negroes, Moluccans, and even men from the Philippines and the Marianes Islands. 1. 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. is restoring this somewhat. references say that while in Europe, Rizal came across research papers published by Pastells, P. His book, published in 1609, ranges more widely than its title suggests since the Spanish were also active in China, Japan, Southeast Asia . Ancient traditions ascribe the origin of the Malay Filipinos to the island of Sumatra. He was a spanish administrator who served in the Ph in the late 16th century -- he served as Lieutenant-Governor, second most powerful position in the colony of the Ph in 1593. We have the testimony of several Dominican and Augustinian missionaries that it was impossible to go anywhere to make conversions without other Filipinos along and a guard of soldiers. (1926), 147Google Scholar. Therefore it was not for religion that they were converting the infidels! then been killed himself. animal of his own, and then made the promise which he kept, to do away with the It might be advisable to lead up to the matter by informing the Japanese Emperor of the recent troubles, resulting in some deaths, caused by the Chinese in Manila: this would show that the Spanish were not being unjust. This book is included in the following series: Informa UK Limited, an Informa Plc company. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas -by Antonio de Morga - MODULE 2 WORKS Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas - Studocu module works sucesos de las islas filipinas antonio de morga talks about the and of the filipinos witches and sorcerer buried dead in their DismissTry Ask an Expert Ask an Expert Sign inRegister Sign inRegister Home Ask an ExpertNew (Austin Craig). Spain. leader of the Spanish invaders. It was not Ubal's fault that he was 3099067. means, cheating by the weights and measures. The barbarous tribes in Mindanao still have the same taste. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga. Torres-Navas, , V, items No. Sucesos. Historians, including Rizal, have noticed a definite bias, a lot of created stories and distorted facts in the book just to fit Morgas defense of the Spanish conquest. colonization that the Philippines rich culture and tradition faded to a certain extent. As a lawyer, it is obvious that he would hardly fail to seek such evidence. 27. The peaceful country folk are deprived of arms and thus made unable to defend themselves against the bandits, or tulisanes, which the government cannot restrain. It will be seen later on in Morga that with the Spaniards and on behalf of Spain there were always more Filipinos fighting than Spaniards. political, social and economic phases of life from the year 1493 to 1603. From what you have learned, provide at least 5 differences on their descriptions of the Filipino culture and write it down using His honesty and "If the book manages to awaken in you the awareness of our past, erased from memory, and to rectify what has been falsified and slandered, then I will not have labored in vain, and with this base, however small it may be, we shall all be able to dedicate ourselves to study the future". 4. 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". Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga J.S. Lesson 1. as in so many others, the modern or present-day Filipinos are not so far advanced as knowledgeable Filipinologist, who recommended Dr. Antonio Morgas Sucesos de las At the end of the lesson, the students sh, Principles of Managerial Finance (Lawrence J. Gitman; Chad J. Zutter), The Tragedy of American Diplomacy (William Appleman Williams), Auditing and Assurance Services: an Applied Approach (Iris Stuart), Rubin's Pathology (Raphael Rubin; David S. Strayer; Emanuel Rubin; Jay M. McDonald (M.D. Ed.). The same governor, in like manner, also fortified the point at the entrance to the river where had been the ancient native fort of wood, and he gave it the name Fort Santiago. Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga - Apple Books I say "by the inhabitants of the South" because earlier there had been other acts of piracy, the earliest being that of Magellan's expedition when it seized the shipping of friendly islands and even of those whom they did not know, extorting for them heavy ransoms. Fort Santiago as his prison. three Filipinos, a Portuguese and a skilled Spanish pilot whom he kept as guides in his Hernando de los Rios blames these Moluccan wars for the fact that at first the Philippines were a source of expense to Spain instead of profitable in spite of the tremendous sacrifices of the Filipinos, their practically gratuitous labor in building and equipping the galleons, and despite, too, the tribute, tariffs and other imposts and monopolies. Has data issue: true They had to He died at the early age of The men had various positions in Manila and some were employed in government work near by. According to Gaspar San Agustin, the cannon which the pre-Spanish Filipinos cast were "as great as those of Malaga," Spain's foundry. Why did Morga write Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas? the Filipinos, using force, or making their own laws, and, when not using these open Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas -by Antonio de Morga - StuDocu It is regrettable that these chants have not been preserved as from them it would have been possible to learn much of the Filipinos' past and possibly of the history of neighboring islands. DOI link for Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga, Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas, 1609, by Antonio de Morga book. Cummins. To entrust a province was then as if it were said that it was turned over to sack, abandoned to the cruelty and covetousness of the encomendero, to judge from the way these gentry misbehaved. Antonio de Morga was an official of the colonial bureaucracy in Manila and could consequently draw upon much material that would otherwise have been inaccessible. If the work serves to awaken in you a consciousness of our past, and to blot from your memory or to rectify what has been falsified or is calumny, then I shall not have labored in vain.