| Location |
MAIN |
| Item Call Number |
DS 688 .P19 A44 2016 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17687 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9789710546527
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - DS 688 .P19
- Item number - A44 2016
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Alfonso, Ian Christopher B.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The nameless hero :
- Remainder of title - revisiting the sources on the first Filipino leader to die for freedom /
- Statement of responsibility, etc - Ian Christopher B. Alfonso
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc - Angeles City, Pampanga :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc - Holy Angel University Press,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc - c2016
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 155 pages :
- Other physical details - illustrations
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Before Bangkusay -- Uncompromising Macabebes -- Pageant in Bangkusay -- After Bangkusay -- Centuries after Bangkusay -- Remembering Bangkusay - Saving a hero from oblivion -- A nameless national hero
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc - "As the writing of Philippine history in the 20th century mentioning the Battle of Bangkusay flourishes, the memory of the event and the identity of the real hero get hazy. The said battle was a decisive one that almost ruined the Spanish imperialistic dream in Asia as early as 16th century. Had it been fought equally, gun to gun, our ancestors could have expelled the Spaniards out of Luzon. The martyred hero of the 2,000 Moro warriors from Macabebe (now a Pampanga town) and Hagonoy (now a Bulacan town) in the battle was described only in Gov. Gen. Miguel Lopez de Legazpi's report to the Viceroy of Nueva Espana (Mexico) in 1572 as a "general from the province named Macabibi (sic)," while four other reports mocked only his bravery and even named him Bambalito which means "little fool." The 17th century Spanish chronicler Fr. Gaspar de San Agustin, OSA described him as a "brave Moro captain" and the "bravest on the island" (according to the natives). The hero remained nameless. Yet 20th century publications identified the hero and martyr from Macabebe as Rajah Soliman, the raha muda (crown prince, thus heir) of Manila. Textbooks, postcards, stamps, monuments, and paintings honor Rajah Soliman because allegedly he died in that momentous battle. This book hopes to shed light on the confusion over the identity of the Macabebe leader and to place him in his rightful place in history as an icon of freedom and bravery."
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Philippines
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - 1521-1812
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