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Kalantiaw Title Kalantiaw Description Code of Kalantiaw creator Gender Male Region Negros and Panay Datu Kalantiaw (Rajah Bendahara Kalantiaw) (sometimes spelled Kalantiao) is a mythical Filipino character who was said to have created the first legal code in the Philippines, known as the Code of Kalantiaw, in 1433.
The code was contained in one of five manuscripts acquired from Jose E. Marco by the Philippine Library in 1914.[1] The manuscript, Antiguas Leyendas is the only source of the Code. Historian William Henry Scott asserted in his PhD thesis, Critical Study of the Prehispanic Source Materials for the Study of Philippine History that there is no evidence that any Filipino ruler by the name of Kalantiaw ever existed or that the Kalantiaw penal code is any older than 1914. Scott successfully defended the thesis in 1968 before a panel of eminent Filipino historians which included Teodoro Agoncillo, Horacio de la Costa, Marcelino Foronda, Nicolas Zafra, and Gregorio Zaide. The thesis was published by University of Santo Tomas Press Press in 1968.[2] Filipino historians agreed to remove mention of the Code from future readings regarding Philippine history.[citation needed]
The historian Josue Soncuya published a Spanish translation of the code in 1917, and wrote about it in his book Historia Prehispana de Filipinas (Prehispanic History of the Philippines). Soncuya concluded that the Code had been written for Aklan because of the presence of two Aklanon rather than Hiligaynon words in the text, and the words Aklan, Panay Island were added to later versions of Soncuya's translation (viz. "Echo en al año 1433–Calantiao–3° regulo").[3]
Other authors throughout the 20th century, and up to the present day, recognized the story. The Code of Kalantiaw is no longer a part of the standard history texts in the Philippines though the myth is still believed by most Visayans.
Pre-hispanic History of the Philippines 
Barangay government Ten datus of Borneo States in Luzon Kingdom of Maynila Kingdom of Namayan Kingdom of Tondo States in the Visayas Confederation of Madyaas States in Mindanao Kingdom of Butuan Sulu Sultanate Sultanate of Maguindanao Lanao Confederation Key figures Sulaiman II · Lakan Dula · Sulaiman III · Katuna Tarik Sulayman · Tupas · Kabungsuwan · Kudarat Humabon · Lapu-Lapu · Alimuddin I History of the Philippines Portal: Philippines Contents
Notes
- ^ Scott 1984, p. 104.
- ^ Scott 1984, p. 134 and back cover notes.
- ^ Scott 1984, p. 132.
See also
References
- Scott, William Henry (1984), Prehispanic Source Materials for the study of Philippine History, New Day Publishers, ISBN 971-10-0226-4
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