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The Heirs of Vijayanagara

Court Politics in Early Modern South India

2021 || Paperback || Lennart Bes || Leiden University Press || met inkijkexemplaar

This comparative study investigates court politics in four kingdoms that succeeded the south Indian Vijayanagara empire during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries: Ikkeri, Tanjavur, Madurai, and Ramnad. Building on a unique combination of unexplored Indian texts and Dutch archival records, this research offers a captivating new analysis of political culture, power relations, and dynastic developments.

In great detail, this monograph provides both new facts and fresh insights that contest exi...

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Military Power and the Dutch Republic

War, Trade and the Balance of Power in Europe, 1648-1813

2021 || Hardcover || Marc van Alphen e.a. || Leiden University Press || met inkijkexemplaar

In 1667, the year of the Raid on the Medway, the Dutch Republic was at the pinnacle of its might and fame. A century and a half later little of this glory remained and Napoleon wiped the country off the political map. This book provides a military explanation for the ‘miracle’ of the seventeenth century and the demise that ensued. How were the army and navy in the Dutch Republic organised and financed? What tactics were employed and how did military leaders operate? Where did the Republic...

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Colonialism and Slavery

An Alternative History of the Port City of Rotterdam

2021 || Paperback || Gert Oostindie || Leiden University Press || met inkijkexemplaar

In this book the focus uniquely lies on the colonial and slavery part of a city. Rotterdam, the second-largest Dutch city, is one of the leading European port cities. Its maritime expansion was intrinsically linked to Dutch colonialism, including slave trading and colonial slavery in the Americas, Africa and Asia. This painful history sits uneasy with the city’s contemporary profile, with its large number of ‘new Rotterdammers’ with colonial roots. The present volume provides a summary...