Philippine History: Spaces for Conflict and Controversies

Flashcards containing vocabulary terms and definition related to the Philippine History.

Historical Interpretation

The foundation of historians' judgments on how the past should be seen.

Code of Kalantiaw

A mythical legal code in the epic history Maragtas that was once a source of pride for the people of Aklan but was later proved a hoax.

Primary Sources

Historical facts collected by historians to make sense of the past; interpretations vary according to who reads the source, when it was read, and how it was read.

Multiperspectivity

A way of looking at historical events from different perspectives, each equally valid and partial.

First Catholic Mass in the Philippines

A historical event with conflicting claims regarding its location, with Butuan and Limasawa as the primary contenders.

Francisco Albo

A pilot of one of Magellan's ships, Trinidad, whose log is a primary source for identifying the site of the first Mass.

Antonio Pigafetta

A member of the Magellan expedition and eyewitness who wrote a more complete account of the first voyage around the world.

Age of Exploration

A period of competition among European rulers to conquer and colonize lands, initially to find alternative sea routes to Asia.

Cavite Mutiny

A historic event in 1872 that was seen as an attempt to overthrow the Spanish government, leading to the execution of GOMBURZA.

GOMBURZA

The collective name of the three martyred priests (Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora) who were implicated in the Cavite Mutiny.

Jose Montero y Vidal

Spanish historian whose account of the Cavite Mutiny was criticized as biased.

Rafael Izquierdo

Governor-General whose official report implicated the native clergy in the Cavite Mutiny.

Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera

A Filipino scholar who provided a Filipino version of the Cavite Mutiny, viewing it as a mutiny due to dissatisfaction with Izquierdo's policies.

Edmund Plauchut

A French writer who analyzed the motivations of the 1872 Cavite Mutiny, complementing Tavera's account.

Rizal Retraction

A controversial document purportedly signed by Jose Rizal, declaring his belief in the Catholic faith and retracting his writings against the Church.

Vicente Balaguer

The Jesuit friar whose testimony is the only eyewitness account of Rizal writing the retraction document.

Cuerpo de Vigilancia

An eyewitness account surfaced in 2016, through the research of Professor Rene R. Escalante.

Cry of Rebellion

A term used to mark the start of revolutionary events in the Philippines against Spanish colonial rule.

Pio Valenzuela

A known Katipunero and privy to many events concerning the Katipunan stated that the Cry happened in Pugad Lawin on 23 August 1896.

Teodoro Agoncillo

Prominent Filipino historian emphasizes the event when Bonifacio tore the cedula or tax receipt before the Katipuneros who also did the same.