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The document discusses the Code of Kalantiaw, which was considered the first legal code in the Philippines promulgated in 1433. However, in 1968 it was proven to be a hoax. William Henry Scott found that the code was actually from a 1913 fictional work by Jose E. Marco and not a real historical document. While the code was a source of pride for Aklan before, historians now accept that it was not genuinely from the 15th century.

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Readings in PH History Trans

The document discusses the Code of Kalantiaw, which was considered the first legal code in the Philippines promulgated in 1433. However, in 1968 it was proven to be a hoax. William Henry Scott found that the code was actually from a 1913 fictional work by Jose E. Marco and not a real historical document. While the code was a source of pride for Aklan before, historians now accept that it was not genuinely from the 15th century.

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READINGS IN PH HISTORY “CODE OF KALANTIAW.

Datu
Bendehara Kalantiaw, third Chief of
Panay, born in Aklan, established his
government in the ppeninsula of
History is the study of the past, but Batang, Aklan Sakup. Considered the
more a contemporary definition is first Filipino Lawgiver, he promulgated
centered on how it impacts the present in about 1433 a penal code now
through its consequences. known as the Code of Kalantiaw
containing 18 articles. Don Marcelino
Orilla of Zaragoza, Spain, obtained the
original manuscript from an old chief
Geoffrey Barraclough defines
of Panay which was later translated
history as the “attempt to discover, on
into Spanish by Rafael Murviedo
the basis of fragmentary evidence, the
Yzamaney.”
significant things of the past.”
It was only in 1968that it was proved a
hoax, when William Henry Scott, then
- also notes “the history we read, a doctoralcandidate at the University
though based on facts, is strictly of Santo Tomas, defended his research
speaking, not factual at all, but a series on pre-Hispanic source in Philippine
of accepted judgments.” history.

The Code of Kalantiaw a mythical He attributed the code to a historical


legal in the epic history Maragtas. fiction written in 1913 by Jose E.
Marco entitled Las Antiguas Leyendas
- Before it was revealed as a hoax, it de las Isla de Negros. Marco attributed
was a source of pride for the people of the code itself to a priest named Jose
Aklan. In fact, a historical marker was Maria Pavon. Prominent Filipino
installed in the town of Batan, Aklan in historians did not dissent to Scott’s
1956, with the following text: findings, but there are still some who
would like to believe that the code is a
legitimate document.

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