Bonifacio and the Katipunan in the Cuerpo de Vigilancia archival collection

• Main Author: Escalante, Rene R.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Philippines > History > Insurrection, 1896-1898 > Sources; Andres Bonifacio, 1863-1897; Katipunan (Revolutionary society : Philippines)—Sources; Asian History; History
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1706; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2705/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

A little-known source for writing the history of the Philippine revolution is the voluminous collection of documents and other materials gathered by the Cuerpo de Vigilancia de Manila, the intelligence service created by the Spanish colonial state in 1895. This article discusses its acquisition by t...