Friars and Filipinos by Jose Rizal

The work is a collection of essays that critiques the treatment of Filipino Catholics by Spanish friars during the late 19th century. It argues that the friars exploited and oppressed Filipinos, using their influence to maintain power and wealth. The essays also examine the role of Catholicism in perpetuating colonialism and the ways in which it was used as a tool for social control.

By Jose Rizal · First published 1889 · Genre: Historical Fiction, Political Satire, Social Commentary · 41 chapters

Contents

• Don Santiago's Dinner
• At the Dinner Table
• Heretic and Revolutionist
• Captain Tiago
• An Idyl on the Azotea
• Things Philippine
• San Diego and its People
• Ibarra and the Grave-Digger
• Adventures of a School Teacher
• Lights and Shadows
• The Fishing Party
• In the Woods
• In the House of Tasio
• The Eve of the Fiesta
• As Night Comes on
• The Hoisting Crane
• The Banquet
• The First Cloud
• His Excellency
• The Procession
• Doña Consolacion
• Might and Right
• Two Visitors
• Episode in Espadaña's Life
• Schemes
• The Persecuted
• The Cock Fight
• The Two Señoras
• The Enigma
• The Voice of the Persecuted
• Elias's Family
• Changes
• Playing Cards with the Shades
• The Discovery
• The Catastrophe
• What People Say and Think
• Vae Victis!
• The Accursed
• Maria Clara is Married
• The Pursuit on the Lake
• Father Dámaso Explains

More by Jose Rizal

• Mi Ultimo Adios (1896)
• Filipinas dentro de cien años (1889)
• El filibusterismo (1891)
• Noli me tangere (1887)
• The Indolence of the Filipino (1889)
• The Reign of Greed (1887)
• Junto al Pasig (1896)
• The Philippines a Century Hence (1903)
• All works by Jose Rizal