5/20/2023 0 Comments Cracks in the Parchment Curtain and Other Essays in Philippin... by William Henry Scott![]() ![]() ![]() According to him, even though we lack primary sources written by precolonial Filipinos, we can pick nuggets of knowledge about our ancestors from foreign authors of history. Because of his works, we were given a window- “the cracks in the parchment curtain”-to the world that our ancestors lived in. The most well-known among his writings is the Barangay: Sixteenth-Century Philippine Culture and Society where substantial amount of space was given to the study of the country’s history even before the arrival and eventual colonization of the Spaniards. ![]() Scott contributed greatly to the scholarship of Philippine history particularly the pre-colonial Philippine society and history. He accepted a teaching opportunity in the Philippines and taught English and history in a school in Sagada, Mountain Province where he spent the remainder of his life-almost a span of four decades. Navy during the World War II and later, after the Korean War, became a lay missionary of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Not much known to many, he served as a soldier in the U. On this day, we are commemorating the 100th birth anniversary of Henry King Ahrens, popularly known as William Henry Scott, an eminent historian and anthropologist. Ang salin sa Filipino ay matatagpuan dito. ![]()
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