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- Rizal added annotations to Antonio de Morga's Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas to counterbalance colonial bias and provide an indio's perspective.
- Rizal finished with 639 annotations on every nuance of Filipino cultural practices that Morga described in his historical account.
- Critics and contemporaries like Blumentritt noted that Rizal judged past events by modern standards and had a strong bias against the clergy.
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Let us first start by saying the title of chapter two results annotation of Antonio de Morga success of the thesis Filipinas in a cup of hot bath. So brown in fact You want short inversion success of the thesis Filipinas Antonio de Morga obra publicada in Mexico So
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Antonio de Morga was a Spanish administrator in the Philippines during the late 16th century. No 593 not a point show below Lieutenant Governor of the Philippines, which was the second most powerful position in the colony after non Governor General.
Which is the Royal Court of Justice in Spain and its colonies. Hey, good for you.
Morga was put in charge of the Spanish Fleet. But not in the way he intended.
Being shy on the calendar commander Martin in the guy here on the calendar by Morga. Dutch accounts of the battle portrayed him as a coward, claiming he hid and cried. This catastrophic event was a natural consequence of entrusting the command of a naval battle to a jurist.
Events in the Philippine Islands. And as the title suggests, Morga's position in the government gave him access to important materials, which in turn enabled him to describe the natives' political, social, and economic phases of life.
With the first seven discussing Magellan and Legazpi's expeditions, and the 10 years of various governor generals who served in the Philippines. It was the most interesting as it offers descriptions, observations, and interpretations of the customs, religious beliefs, and way of life of early Filipinos before the meeting of the Spaniards. Question.
Because on hindsight, it was good that the book wanted to be written. You search for that on the internet, and it will come up again that this is one of the most important piece of literature in our history. Don't get me wrong.
In my opinion, true, the account offers valuable perspectives. Hindi na natin made it in a yawn. But, it's still colored by the author's biases and assumptions.
Recognizing this colonial bias in the work, Rizal intervened aiming to counterbalance his viewpoint by adding his own annotations to the sucesos.
The Philippines would be grateful if you would write a comprehensive history of our country based on impartial standards. I believe you are uniquely qualified for this. While I have the courage, I lack the necessary knowledge.
I haven't read extensively about our country and Spanish libraries are inaccessible to me. Moreover, my time is committed to other endeavors and any work I produce would be suspected of bias. You, however, would be seen as an impartial judge. Without personal interest, you can examine the past objectively free from pressures to favor either Filipinos or Spaniards. I believe you're the ideal person for this undertaking.
For over a couple of months, Rizal immersed himself in historical research at the British Museum in London, assiduously reading primary sources on the history of the Philippines. Question it. Out of all people, but it seem or guy you can easily near because it will do to us and he didn't know see more guy you do you have an exit at the Philippines market in DC Torino or season Augustine
or see bigger feet up and so public historian to see Alberto Campo opinion is a result and success source that is a mass of Muslim and the dealer owner prayer and Libra after all been a wish by 1609 and I don't get blue mint so long be here a long walk a copy of all to the point that a few libraries that have a copy guard it with the same care as they would and in the treasure. In fact, the original Spanish text had
never been reprinted in full for nearly three centuries until Rizal publishes annotated version in 1889. Another reason I don't get a Campo is objectivity. So nobody going to call on your bias in success source barrel I don't see panini while I need a result in the to a casino in the bank and on time and this is because success source was not written by a religious authority. As we have discussed
Lieutenant Governor eat on Seymour guy in the show a missionary or prior or Cassandra on a pillow guy on Christianity is a sham layman. Ocampo stated that Rizal believed the secular account was more objective or trustworthy than those written by the religious missionaries which were liberally sprinkled with tales of miracles and apparitions. The book also appeared to be more sympathetic at least in parts of the Indians in contrast to the prior
accounts many of which were biased or downright racist in tone and interpretation. The final reason is that Morga was not only an eyewitness but also a major participant in the events he narrates and as a direct witness to the dying days of the native way of life Morga's first hand information is a crucial source for understanding pre-colonial Philippines.
Rizal's admiration for Morga did not blind him to the work's shortcomings. Despite it being more objective than other accounts, he still found many areas for critique. Rizal finished with 639 annotations on every nuance of Filipino cultural practices Morga described.
If this book succeeds in awakening your consciousness of the past, already erased from your memory, and in rectifying what has been falsified and slandered, then my efforts will not have been in vain. With this foundation, however small it may be, we shall be able to study the future.
Now, let's talk about the contents. at Winesto. In Uno Uno.
Sabi ni Morga, "Their regular daily food is rice, together with boiled fish, of which there is an abundance, and pork or venison, likewise meat of wild buffalo or carabao.
They prefer meat and fish, salt fish which begin to decompose and smell. Sabi ni Rizal, "This is another preoccupation of the Spaniards who like any other nation in the matter of food load that which they are not accustomed or is unknown to them. The English for example is horrified on seeing a Spaniard eating snails. To the Spaniard beef steak is repugnant and he can understand how raw beef steak can be
eaten. The Chinese who eat tahuri and shark cannot stand roquefort cheese etc. etc. The fish that Morga mentions does not taste better when it is beginning to rot or on the contrary it is bagoong and all those who have eaten it and tasted it know that it is not or ought not to be rotten.
Sabin Morga In the rivers and streams there are very large and small scorpions and a great number of very fierce and cruel crocodiles which frequently get the natives from their bunkers on which they ride.
However much the people may trap catch and kill them these reptiles hardly seem to diminish in number. For this reason the natives build on the border of their rivers and streams in their settlements where they bathe traps and fences with thick enclosures and bars of bamboo and timber within which they do their bathing and washing secure from these monsters which they fear and respect to the degree of veneration as
if they were somehow superior to them. Sabin Rizal Perhaps for the same reason other nations have great esteem for the lion and bear putting them on their shields and giving them honorable epithets. The mysterious life of the crocodile the enormous size that they sometimes reaches but it's fetid whistle aspect without counting any more of its voraciousness must have influenced greatly the imagination of the Malayan