Austin Craig

Lineage, Life, and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot (Annotated) Austin Craig

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig. The purpose of realizing this historical context is to approach the understanding of a historical epoch from the elements provided by the text. Hence the importance of placing the document in context. It is necessary to unravel what its author or authors have said, how it has been said, when, why and where, always relating it to its historical moment. José Protasio Rizal Mercado and Alonso Realonda, better known as José Rizal (Calambá, June 19, 1861 - Manila, December 30, 1896), was a doctor (he became an ophthalmologist in Madrid), writer, painter, linguist, and Filipino politician . He is considered the national hero of the Philippines and was the founder in 1892 of the Philippine League. José Rizal was the seventh of the 11 children of Francisco Rizal-Mercado and Teodora Alonso, prosperous peasants from the city of Calambá, in the province of Laguna. In their crossbreeding the Malay, Chinese and Spanish lineages cross. On the Chinese side, he descended from Domingo Lam-co, a merchant who arrived in the Philippines from the then city of Amoy,