Annotation of Morga's Sucesos Delas Islas Filipinas Flashcards
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Annotation
What is the goal of an Annotation
to briefly summarize the source and/or explain why it is important for a topic
They are concise paragraph, but might be longer if you are summarizing and evaluating
Annotation
This means the work of an honest observer, a versatile bureaucrat, who knew the workings of the administration from the inside.
Sucesos
This means “The Philippine Island”
Las Islas Filipinas
The Philippine Island was named in honor of who?
King Philip II of Spain
This is one o the important works depicting the Philippines during the colonization of Spain
Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas
Who wrote Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas
Antonio De Morga
Where did Morga wrote the Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas
Mexico
What year did Morga wrote Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas
1609
In Morga’s perspective, what was his purpose of writing Sucesos?
- To chronicle “the deeds achieved by our Spaniards”
- The discovery, conquest and conversion of the Filipinas Islands
What does the Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas explains about?
Political, Social , and Economic aspects of a colonizer and the colonized country
Where did Rizal found the Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas?
London at the British Museum’s reading room.
True or False:
Did Rizal Hand-copied the Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas?
True | 351 pages of the book
How many pages did Rizal Hand-copied the Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas
351 Pages and annotated every chapter of it.
True or False:
Rizal’s Annotation was the first historical work on the Philippines by a Filipino
True
The Annotated Version by Jose Rizal includes a prologue of who?
Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt
How many chapters is included in Rizal’s Work?
8 Chapters
1. Of the First discoveries of the Eastern islands
2. Of the government of Dr. Francisco de Sande
3. Of the government of don Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa
4. Of the government of Dr. Santiago de Vera
5. Of the government of Gomes Perez Dasrmariñas
6. Of the governmnet of don Francisco Tello
7. Of the government of don Pedro de Acuña
8. An account of the Philippine Islands
He was a Spanish Lawyer and high ranking colonial official and he was president of the Audiencia.
Antonio de Morga Sanchez Garay
When was the Birth Year and Death Date of Morga
1559 - July 21, 1636
How many years when Morga was a high-ranking colonial official
43 Years
What are the places that Morga is assigned to when he was a High ranking colonial official?
Philippines (1594 - 1604)
New Spain
Peru
After he was reassigned to Mexico, Morga became a what?
Historian
When did Morga Published the Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas
1609
What did Morga Command against Dutch Corsairs?
Spanish Ships in a 1600 Naval Battle
What was Rizal’s Process in making his Annotation Manuscript?
Four months of Research and writing almost a year.
When and where was Rizal’s Annotation Manuscript been published?
Paris in January 1890
Rizal was marked as a Historian, because he is a ?
Earnest Seeker of Truth
What was Rizal’s theory about the Philippines and its citizen?
The Philippines was economically self-sufficient and prosperous
What is the idea that Rizal had thought when he had his theory about the Philippines?
The Philippines had a lively and vigorous community.
What did Rizal believed about the conquest of the Spaniards
Rizal believed the conquest of the Spaniards contributed in part to the decline of the Philippine’s rich traditions and culture.
Who is the who provided Rizal the inspiration for doing a new edition of Morga’s Sucesos?
Ferdinand Blumentritt
What is the first reason why Jose Rizal chose Morga’s Work? (Note: Don’t memorize the Statement, understand it)
Rizal felt Morga to be more “objective” than the religious writers whose accounts included many miracle stories. Morga, compared to religious chroniclers, was more sympathetic to the indios; and finally, Morga was not only an eyewitness but a major actor in the events he narrates.
What is the Second reason why Jose Rizal chose Morga’s Work? (Note: Don’t memorize the Statement, understand it)
Rizal’s second consideration for the choice of Morga was that it was the only civil, as opposed to religious or ecclesiastical, history of the Philippines written during the colonial period.
What is the Third reason why Jose Rizal chose Morga’s Work? (Note: Don’t memorize the Statement, understand it)
The third consideration for the choice of Morga was Rizal’s opinion that this secular account was more objective, more trustworthy, than those written by the religious missionaries which were liberally sprinkled with tales of miracles and apparitions.
What is the Fourth reason why Jose Rizal chose Morga’s Work? (Note: Don’t memorize the Statement, understand it)
The fourth consideration in Rizal’s choice of the Morga was that it appeared more sympathetic, at least in parts, to the indios, in contrast to the friar accounts, many of which were biased or downright racist in tone and interpretation
What is the Fifth reason why Jose Rizal chose Morga’s Work? (Note: Don’t memorize the Statement, understand it)
The fifth and last consideration was that Morga was an eyewitness, and therefore a primary source, on the Philippines and its people at the point of first contact with Spain.
What was Rizal’s three purpose of Annotating Morga’s Work
- To awaken the consciousness of the Filipinos regarding their glorious ways of the past
- To correct what has been distorted about the Philippines due to Spanish Conquest
- To prove that the Filipinos are civilized/advanced even before the coming of the Spaniards
In Rizal’s annotated version of Morga’s work, what does it sum up to?
The poeple of the Philippines had a culture on their own, before the coming of the Spaniards
In the Annotated version of Morga’s Work, what happened during the Pre-Hispanic Philippines?
The people of the Philippines was advances, has high literacy rate, self-sufficient and has smooth foreign relations.
What happened to the Filipinos stated in the Annotated Version?
The Filipinos were decimated, demoralized, exploited and ruined by the Spanish colonization.
What were included in the Annotation of Rizal? (Understand them, don’t memorize)
- The colonial history of the Philippines
- Being in prolonged periods of suffering that many people have been subjected to.
“The Philippines
was depopulated, impoverished and retorted, astounded by metaphor, with no confidence
in their past, still without faith in her present and without faltering hope in the future”
In Ferdinand Blumentritt’s prologue, what language is it written?
Spanish
What was Ferdinand Blumentritt’s Native Language
German
True or False:
Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt encouraged Rizal to write about the Philippines’ pre-colonial History
True
Dr. Ferdinand Blumentritt encouraged Rizal about what in the Annotated Version of Morga’s work?
The Philippines’ Pre-Colonial History
Blumentritt praised Rizal’s work as?
Scholarly ad well-thought out
What was the two accounts that Blumentritt criticized? (Understand, not memorize)
- He noticed that Rizal had committed the mistakes of many modern historians who judged events in the past
- He said that Rizal shouldn’t condemn Catholicism even though they didn’t do any effort to suppress calls for reform. He should just keep the critique about religious orders in the Philippines
The Annotated version of Rizal’s work appeared for the first time in what place?
Philippines
How many years passed between the first appearance of the “SUCESOS,” as annotated by Rizal
68 years
In what year did a Manila publisher release the new work featuring the annotated “SUCESOS” by Rizal in the Philippines?
1958
Which volume of the Series of Writings of Jose Rizal is the present work, published by the Jose Rizal National Centennial Commission in commemoration of his birth?
The Sixth Volume of the Series of Writings of Jose Rizal
Morga or Rizal Statement:
In Tagalog, a house is called “pamamahay”. He said that it is impossible that bahandin has been printed for bahayin, because it is an obsolete derivative.
Rizal
Morga or Rizal Statement:
He said that a house with the parents and children in room together is called “bahandin”.
Morga
Morga or Rizal Statement:
There were no priest or a man of religion to attend to religious matters except old men, sorcerers and wizards, People believed in omens and superstitions which the devil inspired them to do, so that they could tell whether the sick person would live or die.
Morga
Morga or Rizal Statement:
These priests, “Catalona / Babaylan” are well-dressed rich people that were not honoured because they are considered as loafers. Case of Francisco Amandao as proof where he offered half of his body to the Anitos and later on the other half was paralyzed. “public testimony of heathenism”
Rizal
Morga or Rizal Statement:
A Filipino woman helps his husband and is not seen as a burden when they get married. To a man, marrying means getting introduced to a lifestyle that a bachelor is not accustomed with, especially in terms economy, or financially.
Rizal
Morga or Rizal Statement:
The groom contributes a dowry that he had received from his parents, while the bride does not bring anything until she inherits some from her parents.
Morga
Morga or Rizal Statement:
Namamahay slaves still exist but they are now called ‘kasama’, they are now partners or laborers of a capitalist or farmer.
Rizal
Morga or Rizal Statement:
Namamahay are those who help build their master’s house, and serve frequently as helpers when there are guests, and serve their master when the master requires them to, without compensation.
Morga
Morga or Rizal Statement:
Taking a bathe without regard to whether this might be injurious to their health.
Morga
Morga or Rizal Statement:
Indios are very careful not to take a bathe during siesta, after luncheon,
first two days of catarrh, and etc.: hygienic custom.
Rizal
