‘Scorched earth : war and loss in Manila and Luzon, 1762-1764’

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Flannery, Kristie Patricia. (2024). ‘Scorched earth : war and loss in Manila and Luzon, 1762-1764’. In In Martinez-Juan, Maria Christina (Ed.). The 1762 British Invasion of Spanish-Ruled Philippines : Beyond Imperial and National Imaginaries pp. 177 National Historical Commission of the Phillipines.
AuthorsFlannery, Kristie Patricia
EditorsMartinez-Juan, Maria Christina
Abstract

The British invasion of Manila in late 1762 sparked an intense and devastating war in Luzon. By the beginning of 1763, massive popular anti-colonial rebellions erupted in Ilocos and Pangasinan in response to Spain’s temporary loss of control of the capital of its Asian empire. Spanish colonial officials
partnered with Catholic priests and the loyal principalia to raise a large, multiethnic loyalist army that met the foreign invaders and local insurgents in battles. The rival armed forces that converged and clashed in the Philippines embraced scorched earth strategies, ensuring maximum damage to homes and sacred buildings. This chapter considers this complex, multifront war’s destructive impact on human life and material culture in the Philippines, illuminating its enduring impact on cultural heritage and historical knowledge.

KeywordsCultural heritage; Archives; War; Violence; Rebellion; Manila; Luzon
Page range177
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Year01 Jan 2024
Book titleThe 1762 British Invasion of Spanish-Ruled Philippines : Beyond Imperial and National Imaginaries
PublisherNational Historical Commission of the Phillipines
Place of publicationUnited Kingdom
SeriesProceedings from the Annual Philippine SOAS, University of London
ISBN978-971-538-373-8
Web address (URL)https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/41697/
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