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Brown History Education Presentation
Brown History Education Presentation
THROUGH THE
LOOKING GLASS
An analysis of the Pre-hispanic class structure
and governance in the Philippines
3 SOCIAL STATIONS
PRINCIPALS
TIMAGUAS
SLAVES SAGUIGUILID
NAMAMAHAY
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF principal
"main duty was to govern and rule their subjects and
henchmen, and to attend to their problems and needs"
timaguas
service renderer; equivalent to plebians; warriors
EACH SOCIAL STATION
slaves
saguiguilid all purposes and servitude; children also
serve in the same manner
namamahay serve whenever the master requires,
without any compensation
SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE AND THEIR
DUTIES
DATU
ELDERS
APPOINTED
SUCESOS DE social stations and functions
LAS ISLAS rules
FILIPINAS inheritance
TAGALOGS inheritance
BE CRITICAL!
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