Soul Catcher: Java s Fiery Prince Mangkunagara I 1726 1795 - Couverture rigide

Ricklefs, M.C.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0824878663 ISBN 13 : 9780824878665

Editeur : University of Hawai'i Press, 2018

Synopsis

Mangkunagara I (1726-1795) was one of the most flamboyant figures of eighteenth-century Java. A charismatic rebel from 1740 to 1757 and one of the foremost military commanders of his age, he won the loyalty of many followers. He was also a devout Muslim of the Mystic Synthesis style, a devotee of Javanese culture and a lover of beautiful women and Dutch gin. His enemies--the Surakarta court, his uncle the rebel and later Sultan Mangkubumi of Yogyakarta and the Dutch East India Company--were unable to subdue him, even when they united against him. In 1757 he settled as a semi-independent prince in Surakarta, pursuing his objective of as much independence as possible by means other than war, a frustrating time for a man who was a fighter to his fingertips. Professor Ricklefs here employs an extraordinary range of sources in Dutch and Javanese--among them Mangkunagara I's voluminous autobiographical account of his years at war, the earliest autobiography in Javanese so far known--to bring this important figure to life. As he does so, our understanding of Java's devastating civil war of the mid-eighteenth century is transformed and much light is shed on Islam and culture in Java.

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À propos de l'auteur

M. C. Ricklefs is among the foremost historians of Indonesia, with a particular focus on the history of the Javanese from the coming of Islam to the present day.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Hawai'i Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0824878663
• ISBN 13: 9780824878665
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 432
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