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New PhD Studies on Asian and South African History 1600-1800: A Conference Report on the Second TANAP Workshop ‘Asia in the Age of Partnership’ Held in Bangkok

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2011

Hendrik E. Niemeijer
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The Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya are occupied by events like ceremonies for the Supreme-Holy-Lord-Omnipotent, and by the King's holy compassions and angers concerning his beloved Siam, especially at times of conspiracy. Westerners, in the times of kings like the famous Narai (1656-1688), appear only in the extreme margins of the Thai records. The Dutch are only mentioned twice, in particular when their ships were destroyed in the Burmese invasion of 1766.1 How did the Thai court perceive Westerners?

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Itinerario , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , March 2003 , pp. 21 - 32
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Copyright © Research Institute for History, Leiden University 2003

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2 This conference was supported by the IIAS, the Netherlands Royal Embassy and the Netherlands UNESCO Committee.

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