Dutch East India Company merchants at the court of Ayutthaya : : Dutch perceptions of the Thai kingdom, ca. 1604-1765 / / by Bhawan Ruangsilp.

• Superior document: TANAP monographs on the history of Asian-European interaction ; 8
• Author: Ruangsilp, Bhawan.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction ; v. 8.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

No European country enjoyed such long-standing relations with the Thai Kingdom of Ayutthaya as the Netherlands. This study focuses on the perceptions of the merchants of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) of the Thai royal court in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Basing herself on a wealth of Dutch primary sources, the author shows how trade, politics, and diplomacy shaped a unique relationship based on ‘partnership’ and a ‘sense of differences’. The book contributes to expanding the study of the history of Ayutthaya—known for its scarcity of sources— with the help of contemporary Dutch views.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / B. Ruangsilp -- Introduction / B. Ruangsilp -- Chapter One. The Company And The Court / B. Ruangsilp -- Chapter Two. The Company Men And Settlement In Siam / B. Ruangsilp -- Chapter Three. Learning The Language Of Ritual: The Dutch At The Court Of King Prasatthong / B. Ruangsilp -- Chapter Four. Learning Siam’S Politics: The Case Of King Prasatthong / B. Ruangsilp -- Chapter Five. Observing King Narai’S Widening World / B. Ruangsilp -- Chapter Six. Redefining The Relationships: The Dutch And The Court Of King Phetracha / B. Ruangsilp -- Chapter Seven. Remain Or Leave?: The Dutch And The Eighteenth-Century Siamese Court / B. Ruangsilp -- Conclusion / B. Ruangsilp -- Notes / B. Ruangsilp -- Appendices / B. Ruangsilp -- Bibliography / B. Ruangsilp -- Index / B. Ruangsilp.