Everyday Life in the Philippines, 1657–1699

Norah L. A. Gharala is Associate Professor of History at the University of Houston, USA.Marya Svetlana T. Camacho is Associate Professor of History at the University of Asia and the Pacific, the Philippines.Juan O. Mesquida is Associate Professor of History at the University of Asia and the Pacific, the Philippines.

“’Everyday Life’ is a treasure trove of information, considering the source is just part of a bigger collection. It is likewise a good start in discovering and understanding philippine culture and society in a century that is largely unknown in history. It brings to fore the many ambiguous aspects of Filipino life as seen, experienced, and documented in ‘length and depth’ by De Paz, and fills a void in both history and historiography with engrossing essays in nicely curated chapters.” (Edgar Allan M.Sembrano, Inquirer Plus, plus.inquirer.net, April 7, 2025)

• Ch 1: The Chinese Devotion to Our Lady of the Candelaria during the Lunar New Year.- Ch 2: The Trajectory of a Miracle in 17th Century Manila: Milagros of the Nuestra Senora de Guia.- Ch 3: Suffering, Healing and Rejoicing: Rituals, Devotions and Spaces in Everyday Life.- Ch 4: Glimpses of Sacramental Life in the Seventeenth-Century Philippines.- Ch 5: Marriage as a question of status, honor, and family.- Ch 6: Wills and Testaments.- Ch 7: Matrimonial impediments and how they were perceived by Philippine populace in the second half of the seventeenth century.- Ch 8: Casta and Race in the Late-Seventeenth Century Philippines.- Ch 9: Enslaved People with Ties to South Asia.- Ch 10: Slavery and dependencies in 17th century Philippines through the “consultas” of Juan de Paz.- Ch 11: Theology and commerce, or spirit and matter: the case of the Galleon.- Ch 12: The intertwined stakes of inscription into tributary and sacramental registers in seventeenth-century Luzon.- Ch 13: Casus Conscientiae about Lending: Windows into the Economic Life of Seventeenth Century Philippines across Racial Categories.