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Customs of the Tagalogs - It is considered as his most important work, being quoted,
cited and even sometimes copied in its entirely by many later contemporary historians and
writers
Fray Juan de Plasencia - real name is Joan de Portocarrero) is one of the seven children of
Pedro Portocarrero, grew up during the Golden Age(Siglo de oro) while there was an
upsurgence for religious life and missionary works in new discovered territories.
belonged to the Franciscan order and came together with the first batch of Franciscan
missionaries
July 2, 1578 - Plasencia belonged to the Franciscan order and came together with the first
batch of Franciscan missionaries who arrived in the Philippines
Juan De Placencia and Fray Diego de Oropresa - were assigned to do mission works in
Southern Tagalog area; helped in the foundation of numerous towns in Quezon, Laguna, Rizal,
and Bulacan
Relacion de las Costumbres de Los Tagalos (Customs of the Tagalogs, 1589) - It vividly
describes the political, social, economic and cultural practices of the Filipinos before they were
Christianized.
Doctrina Christiana en Lengua Espanola Y Tagala - In 1593, he published the book
_______________________ , the first printed book in the Philippines
Plancencia's Death - Liliw, Laguna in 1590
Intramuros - capital of SPN in the Philippines; most Spaniards lived here
Gobernadorcillo - · petty governor
Friars - assigned in the parishes to supervise and monitor the activities of the
gobernadorcillo
,friars ended up performing the administrative duties that colonial officials should have been
doing in the local level
Supervised local elections of executives, helped in the collection of taxes, and were directly
involved in educating the youth.
ended up the most knowledgeable and influential figure in the pueblo.
Some duties of friars assigned in mission territories: - § inform periodically their superiors
of what was going on in their respective assignments
§ report the number of natives they converted, the people's way of life, their socio-economic
situation and the problems they encountered
§ some submitted short letters while others who were keen observers and gifted writers wrote
long dispatches.
Spanish friars - Many of the what we know about Philippine history during the first
century of the Spanish period were derived from the accounts of the
Miguel de Loarca - • Arrived in 1576 and became an encomendero of Panay.
• He wrote Relación de las Islas Filipinas (1582) and his work described the way of life of
Filipinos living in Western Visayas area.
Other Spanish missionaries who continued the historiographical tradition - • Fr. Pedro
Chirino S.J. (Relación de las Islas Filipinas, 1604;
• Fr. Juan Delgado S.J. (Historia General, 1751);
• Fr. Francisco Colin S.J. (Labor Evangelica, 1663);
,• Francisco Ignacio Alcina S.J. (Historia natural del sitio, fertilidad y calidad de las Islas e Indios
de Bisayas, 1668); and
• Fr. Joaquin Martinez de Zuniga O.S.A. (Historia, 1803).
Antonio de Morga - • He came to the Philippines in 1595 as Asesor and Teniente General.
• His Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas gives us a lot of information about the state of the Philippines
at the latter part of the 16th century.
friar account - The work of Plasencia is considered by many historians as an example of
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This kind of writing is one of the most common contemporaneous account during the early part
of the Spanish period.
Archivo General de Indias (A.G.I.) Seville, Spain. - Original copy of Plancencia's Custom of
Tagalog
Archivo Franciscano Ibero-Oriental (A.F.I.O.), in Madrid, Spain - English version of
Plancencia's Custom of Tagalog
Volume VII of the Blair and Robertson collections - English version of Plancencia's Custom
of Tagalog appeared on _____________
pre-Hispanic Philippines of the Filipiniana Book Guild series - Another English version of
Plancencia's Custom of Tagalog was published as part of volume for
Content Presentation and Analysis of the Important Historical Information Found in the
Document: - 1. Community (Barangay, Dato, Three Castes)
2. Property
3. Marriage Customs
4. Worship (Religion)
5. Superstition
6. Burying the Dead
, Barangay - tribal gathering ruled by chiefs
It is called a "barangay" because they associate themselves with the
"Malay" who are one of the first people to arrive in the Philippines through a boat in which they
call "barangay"
Some consisted of around 30 - 100 houses
Barangays also have some sort of diplomacy
All barangays were equal in terms of status
Community= Balangay
Datu/Dato - the chiefs of the village; they governed the people as captains even in wars,
were obeyed, and revered; any subject who committed any offense against them, or spoke to
their wives and children, were severely punished.
Social Hierarchy - There are three status/castes within a barangay: Maharlica, Aliping
Namamahay, Aliping sa Guiguilir.
Maharlica(Nobles) - are those who are born free; does not pay taxes or tribute but must
accompany the dato in war (at their own expense)
He would keep their status for a lifetime however, this can be taken if he/she marries a slave.
In this case, the kids would be divided and they would inherit the status of their mother or
father.