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Java in the 14th Century

A Study in Cultural History

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  • © 1960

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Authors:
  1. Theodore G. Th. Pigeaud

    1. Leyden, USA

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Part of the book series: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, en Volkenkunde (KOITV)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Nāgara-Kěrtāgama Translations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction, The Royal Family of Majapahit

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      Pages 3-8

    3. Majapahit, The Capital, about 1350 A.D.

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      Pages 9-15

    4. Tributaries and Neighbours of Majapahit

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      Pages 16-19

    5. The Royal Progress of 1359

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      Pages 20-42

    6. Notes on the Kings of the House of Rājasa

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      Pages 43-55

    7. The Royal Chase in the Neighbourhood of Singasari

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      Pages 56-62

    8. The Return from the Royal Progress of 1359

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      Pages 63-69

    9. The Royal Progresses of 1360 and 1361

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      Pages 70-71

    10. The Posthumous Ceremony in Honour of the Rājapatni in 1362

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      Pages 72-81

    11. The Royal Progress of 1363

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      Pages 82-82

    12. Gajah Mada’s Death in 1364. The New Officials

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      Pages 83-85

    13. List of Domains

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      Pages 86-91

    14. Organization of the Clergy and Royal Authority

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      Pages 92-96

    15. The Annual Court Festival in Majapahit

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      Pages 97-109

    16. Conclusion

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      Pages 110-114

  3. The Nāgara-Kěrtāgama Colophons

    1. The Nāgara-Kěrtāgama Colophons

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      Pages 115-115

  4. Minor Writings Translations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-118
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    2. Nawanatya

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      Pages 119-128
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About this book

The Dutch Nagara-Kertagama translation on which Professor Kern worked, at intervals, during eleven years, deserves our utmost admir­ ation and respect. It is the last important piece of work he finished before his death. It has enriched in an extraordinarily high degree our knowledge of the history and antiquities of the Majapahit period. Moreover, its dignified and courtly style established the reputation of Old Javanese letters as a literature of considerable interest. The con­ tents of the Nagara-Kertiigama, as interpreted by Professor Kern, gave 14th century Majapahit a nimbus, making it appear to the uncritical public as a most powerful and highly cultured Empire, organized on 18th or 19th century West-European lines. The notes of Krom, Poerbatjaraka and others do not contain com­ plete translations of the texts. These scholars made valuable contribu­ tions to a better understanding of several passages. They did not make it easy for the general reader to consult their notes, though. Professor Kern's appreciation of the contents of the Nagara-Kertagama remained fundamentally unshaken. Up to the present time Professor Kern's Nagara-Kertagama trans­ lation has been generally used and highly appreciated by students of Indonesian cultures and by the public interested in Old Javanese his­ tory, both in Indonesia and elsewhere. In 1953 a modern Malay trans­ lation by Slametmuljana was published in Djakarta (Negarakretagama, diperbaharui kedalam bahasa Indonesia). But then, since Professor Kern's days research has made progress. It is clear, nowadays, that his translation has the defects of its good qualities.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Leyden, USA

    Theodore G. Th. Pigeaud

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Java in the 14th Century

  • Book Subtitle: A Study in Cultural History

  • Authors: Theodore G. Th. Pigeaud

  • Series Title: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, en Volkenkunde

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8772-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1960

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-8149-5Published: 01 January 1960

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-8772-5Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 177

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Cultural History

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