The Laguna Copperplate Inscription: Tenth-Century Luzon, Java, and the Malay World

The Laguna Copperplate Inscription is one of very few Philippine historical documents dating from the precolonial period and the only one bearing information on the social life of the Manila region before the arrival of the Spanish. Building on previous studies which discussed the significance of th...

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Main Authors: Clavé, Elsa; University, Griffiths, Arlo
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-11232024-10-11T09:53:20Z The Laguna Copperplate Inscription: Tenth-Century Luzon, Java, and the Malay World Clavé, Elsa; University Griffiths, Arlo The Laguna Copperplate Inscription is one of very few Philippine historical documents dating from the precolonial period and the only one bearing information on the social life of the Manila region before the arrival of the Spanish. Building on previous studies which discussed the significance of the inscription in the context of Luzon and the Philippines, thisarticle proposes a reading of the inscription in the larger context of maritime Southeast Asia. We focus on how this document complicates the current understanding of the historical roles of the Malay language. On this basis, we call for a revision of the notion of a “Malay World.” KEYWORDS: COSMOPOLITANISM • OLD MALAY • INDIC SCRIPT • DEBT CLEARANCE • SOUTHEAST ASIA 2022-09-08T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol70/iss2/2 info:doi/10.13185/2244-1638.1123 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1123/viewcontent/The_20Laguna_20Copperplate_20Inscription_20_5Bvol._2070_20no._202_20_282022_29_20167_E2_80_93242_5D.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo Anthropology Arts and Humanities Education History Political Science Social and Behavioral Sciences Sociology
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History
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Arts and Humanities
Education
History
Political Science
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology
Clavé, Elsa; University
Griffiths, Arlo
The Laguna Copperplate Inscription: Tenth-Century Luzon, Java, and the Malay World
description The Laguna Copperplate Inscription is one of very few Philippine historical documents dating from the precolonial period and the only one bearing information on the social life of the Manila region before the arrival of the Spanish. Building on previous studies which discussed the significance of the inscription in the context of Luzon and the Philippines, thisarticle proposes a reading of the inscription in the larger context of maritime Southeast Asia. We focus on how this document complicates the current understanding of the historical roles of the Malay language. On this basis, we call for a revision of the notion of a “Malay World.” KEYWORDS: COSMOPOLITANISM • OLD MALAY • INDIC SCRIPT • DEBT CLEARANCE • SOUTHEAST ASIA
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author Clavé, Elsa; University
Griffiths, Arlo
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Griffiths, Arlo
author_sort Clavé, Elsa; University
title The Laguna Copperplate Inscription: Tenth-Century Luzon, Java, and the Malay World
title_short The Laguna Copperplate Inscription: Tenth-Century Luzon, Java, and the Malay World
title_full The Laguna Copperplate Inscription: Tenth-Century Luzon, Java, and the Malay World
title_fullStr The Laguna Copperplate Inscription: Tenth-Century Luzon, Java, and the Malay World
title_full_unstemmed The Laguna Copperplate Inscription: Tenth-Century Luzon, Java, and the Malay World
title_sort laguna copperplate inscription: tenth-century luzon, java, and the malay world
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2022
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol70/iss2/2
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1123/viewcontent/The_20Laguna_20Copperplate_20Inscription_20_5Bvol._2070_20no._202_20_282022_29_20167_E2_80_93242_5D.pdf
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