
Soul Catcher
Java's Fiery Prince Mangkunagara I, 1726-1795
M.C. Ricklefs(Author)
University of Hawai'i Press
Will be published approx. on 31. August 2018
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-0-8248-7866-5 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Honolulu, HI
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
9 colour, 11 black & white illustrations, 3 maps, 1 genealogy chart
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
798 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8248-7866-5 (9780824878665)
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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.