A History of Ayutthaya - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Ayutthaya write by Chris Baker. This book was released on 2017-05-11. A History of Ayutthaya available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first full history of a great commercial and political center that rose in Asia over almost five centuries.
The Kings of Ayutthaya
The Kings of Ayutthaya - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Kings of Ayutthaya write by Robert Smith. This book was released on 2017. The Kings of Ayutthaya available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Part fact, part fiction, part myth, and part legend, this book brings to life the kingdom of Ayutthaya from its roots in the kingdom of Sukhothai to its eventual destruction by the Burmese in 1767. It is the turbulent story of both the kings and their kingdom, from its birth to its downfall. Robert Smith retells this history by reimagining and dramatizing the exploits of Ayutthaya's rulers, building his account around a framework of documentary evidence and hints in the historical record. Intrigues and deception wind through the tale as do ingenuity, honor, and the will to greatness that made Ayutthaya a major regional power for centuries. This account of the development of a nation--and the stories behind it--shows how the old kingdom of Ayutthaya was a crucial precursor to the foundation of modern-day Thailand.
The Palace Law of Ayutthaya and the Thammasat
The Palace Law of Ayutthaya and the Thammasat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Palace Law of Ayutthaya and the Thammasat write by . This book was released on 2016-06-01. The Palace Law of Ayutthaya and the Thammasat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book contains the first academic translations of key legal texts from the Ayutthaya era (1351–1767), along with an essay on the role of law in Thai history. The legal history of Southeast Asia has languished because few texts are accessible in translation. The Three Seals Code is a collection of Thai legal manuscripts surviving from the Ayutthaya era. The Palace Law, probably dating to the late fifteenth century, was the principal law on kingship and government. The Thammasat, a descendant of India's dharmasastra, stood at the head of the Code and gave it authority. Here these two key laws are presented in English translation for the first time along with detailed annotations and analyses of their content. The coverage of family arrangements, court protocol, warfare, royal women, and ceremonial conduct in the Palace Law presents a detailed portrayal of Siamese kingship, reaching beyond terms such as devaraja, thammaraja, and cakravartin. Close analysis of the Thammasat questions the assumption that this text has a long-standing and fundamental role in Thai legal practice. Royal lawmaking had a large and hitherto unappreciated role in the premodern Thai state. This book is an important contribution to Thai history, Southeast Asian history, and comparative legal studies.
The Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya
The Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya write by . This book was released on 1973. The Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A History of Thailand
A History of Thailand - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of Thailand write by Christopher John Baker. This book was released on 2014-05-30. A History of Thailand available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A History of Thailand offers a lively and accessible account of Thailand's political, economic, social and cultural history. This book explores how a world of mandarin nobles and unfree peasants was transformed and examines how the monarchy managed the foundation of a new nation-state at the turn of the twentieth century. The authors capture the clashes between various groups in their attempts to take control of the nation-state in the twentieth century. They track Thailand's economic changes through an economic boom, globalisation and the evolution of mass society. This edition sheds light on Thailand's recent political, social and economic developments, covering the coup of 2006, the violent street politics of May 2010, and the landmark election of 2011 and its aftermath. It shows how in Thailand today, the monarchy, the military, business and new mass movements are players in a complex conflict over the nature and future of the country's democracy.
