principalía
Sign in to savethumb|right|250px|upright=0.83|Typical costume of a family belonging to the principalía of the late 19th century History of the Philippines (1521–1898)|Philippines. Exhibit in the Villa Escudero Museum, [[San Pablo, Laguna.]]
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Historical background
- Pre-colonial principalities
- Pre-colonial principalities in the Visayas
- Pre-colonial principalities in the Tagalog region
- Comparison
- Filipino nobility during the colonial period
- Christianization under the Spanish Crown
- Local nobility and the Laws of the Indies
- Emergence of the mestizo class
- Royal Cedula of Charles II
- Class symbols
- Race and status
- ''Status quaestionis''
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
thumb|right|250px|upright=0.83|Typical costume of a family belonging to the principalía of the late 19th century History of the Philippines (1521–1898)|Philippines. Exhibit in the Villa Escudero Museum, [[San Pablo, Laguna.]]
The principalía or noble class was the ruling and usually educated upper class in the pueblos of Spanish Philippines, comprising the gobernadorcillo (later called the capitán municipal and had functions similar to a town mayor), tenientes de justicia (lieutenants of justice), and the cabezas de barangay (heads of the barangays) who governed the districts. Also included in this class were former gobernadorcillos or municipal captains, and municipal lieutenants in good standing during their term of office.
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