Click to view full screen
- Title:
- Government Provisions (Part B)
- Date Created:
- 2021-05-25
- Description:
- It was in the early second century that the King, now of the Bourbons and not the Hapsburgs, issued an important decree. In 1701 the superiors of the friar orders and the Jesuits in Filipinas sent a Remonstrance to the Governor-General criticising the abuses of encomenderos. They had been given temporary use of royal lands but were to develop them and help Christianise the indios there. Agriculture floundered, the parish-pueblo was threatened, and population declined. In 1686, as the second colonial century started the estimated population calculated from tributes was “over 600,00”; in 1588 it was 673,600. In 1718 the King promulgated an order that returned encomiendas to his estate. He could develop them according to new strategies. As the 150th colonial year approached the native population recovered as did products from the lands they farmed. But they would be challenged by usury and usurpation of farmlands by friar orders. Only religious were allowed into the grassroots still during San Antonio’s residency.
- Subjects:
- Philippines -- History -- 1521-1896 Spain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Administration Social movements -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
- Exhibition:
- J San Antonio
- Source:
- Luis Egidio Melendez (1716-1780) Still Life with Oranges, Jars and Boxes of Sweets. c. 1760-1765. Museo del Prado. Wikipedia. Public Domain. Melendez was the foremost Spanish still life painter of the 18th century. The Spanish king had an interest in natural history. This work was painted as the second colonial century of Filipinas was ending and as the Enlightenment was spreading.
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Government Provisions (Part B)", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll220.html