Jonash Raven M.

Marchadesch
BSA BDA

Historical Sources
Historical Criticism
Monteclaro’s Maragtas Contribution of Marco

Background of the person Monteclaro: - Born in Marayo, Negros

where the material originated Occidental which
Born in Mig-ao ilo-ilo preferably known now as
Pontevedra

External Criticsm techniques -Provenance

used - Provenance

Findings -Copy taken from a bamboo - Published numerous

tube historical documents.
-The paper was too brittle However, many historians
are invested with the
writings. Famous historians
such as Schumacher,
Viana and Scott were
interested if the
publications are fabricated
or a culmination of forgert.
- Wrote Code of Rajah
Kalantiaw (1433)

Internal Criticism technique

employed -Versimilitude - Versimilitude

Findings -Very similar with folktales from - Life is a mystery

Panay - Was supposedly a legal
code to the epic story of
Maragtas.

Conclusion -forgery, hoax? - It is concluded that Marco’s

publications is hoax and
immediately debunked after
his death. Entitling him as a
fraud for hist false history.
1. What techniques did Scott employ in examining the historical sources in
question?

- William Henry Scott was known to be an overachiever in his school. Moreover,

he conducted a study and intensive researched prior to Pre-Hispanic sources for
the study of Philippine History. This is when he realized the wrongful historical
information that has been provided by Marco. In my defense, intensive
researching is really a gateway to prove the astonishing findings of Marco. The
preliminary basis of how Scott employed his source of criticsm to authentify that
the Code of Kalantiaw reflects in his findings. Therefore, I have come to the
conclusion that Scott used Authenticity to debunk the historical findings of Marco.

2. What did he find out?

- Throughout Scott’s researching and examinations, he immediately found out that

the fabrication is indeed fraud, due to hours of studying, the Pre-Hispanic
sources for the study of Philippine History. William immediately exposed that
Kalantiaw indeed did not have an impact to the society. Despite Scott’s concrete
thesis, a lot of people challenged the information that was provided by him.
However, historians actually disregarded the Kalantiaw way back when Scott
doesn’t even have his research. Years later, his research subsequently
convinced a lot of historians to discredit Kalantiaw due to lack of information and
evidence.