The Pacto de Sangre in the Late Nineteenth-Century Nationalist Emplotment of Philippine History

The Pacto de Sangre in the Late Nineteenth-Century Nationalist Emplotment of Philippine History

The Pacto de Sangre (Blood Compact), despite its crucial significance in Filipino conceptions of history, is seldom interrogated in Philippine historiography. The event that happened in Bohol in 1565, involving Sikatuna and Legazpi, was narrativized in the late nineteenth century and became integral...

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Main Author: Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2010
Subjects:
historiography
blood oath
blood brotherhood
nationalism
myth making
Other Sociology
Politics and Social Change
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/30
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.history-faculty-pubs-10292020-06-15T08:24:00Z The Pacto de Sangre in the Late Nineteenth-Century Nationalist Emplotment of Philippine History Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr The Pacto de Sangre (Blood Compact), despite its crucial significance in Filipino conceptions of history, is seldom interrogated in Philippine historiography. The event that happened in Bohol in 1565, involving Sikatuna and Legazpi, was narrativized in the late nineteenth century and became integral to the nationalist emplotment of the past. However, the two principal narrative strands of Marcelo del Pilar and Andres Bonifacio differed owing to divergent political projects. This article revisits the making of a founding myth of Filipino nationhood in light of scholarship on ancient blood oaths and the historical account of the encounter of Sikatuna and Legazpi. 2010-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/30 https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=history-faculty-pubs History Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo historiography blood oath blood brotherhood nationalism myth making Other Sociology Politics and Social Change
institution Ateneo De Manila University
building Ateneo De Manila University Library
country Philippines
collection archium.Ateneo Institutional Repository
topic historiography
blood oath
blood brotherhood
nationalism
myth making
Other Sociology
Politics and Social Change
spellingShingle historiography
blood oath
blood brotherhood
nationalism
myth making
Other Sociology
Politics and Social Change
Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
The Pacto de Sangre in the Late Nineteenth-Century Nationalist Emplotment of Philippine History
description The Pacto de Sangre (Blood Compact), despite its crucial significance in Filipino conceptions of history, is seldom interrogated in Philippine historiography. The event that happened in Bohol in 1565, involving Sikatuna and Legazpi, was narrativized in the late nineteenth century and became integral to the nationalist emplotment of the past. However, the two principal narrative strands of Marcelo del Pilar and Andres Bonifacio differed owing to divergent political projects. This article revisits the making of a founding myth of Filipino nationhood in light of scholarship on ancient blood oaths and the historical account of the encounter of Sikatuna and Legazpi.
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author Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
author_facet Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
author_sort Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
title The Pacto de Sangre in the Late Nineteenth-Century Nationalist Emplotment of Philippine History
title_short The Pacto de Sangre in the Late Nineteenth-Century Nationalist Emplotment of Philippine History
title_full The Pacto de Sangre in the Late Nineteenth-Century Nationalist Emplotment of Philippine History
title_fullStr The Pacto de Sangre in the Late Nineteenth-Century Nationalist Emplotment of Philippine History
title_full_unstemmed The Pacto de Sangre in the Late Nineteenth-Century Nationalist Emplotment of Philippine History
title_sort pacto de sangre in the late nineteenth-century nationalist emplotment of philippine history
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2010
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/30
https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=history-faculty-pubs
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