Chandra R. De Silva

Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives (eBook, PDF)

Translated Texts from the Age of the Discoveries

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives: Translated Texts from the Age of the Discoveries is designed to provide access to translations of 16th- and 17th-century documents which illustrate various aspects of this encounter, combining texts from indigenous sources with those from the Portuguese histories and archives. These documents contribute to the growing understanding that different groups of European colonizers - missionaries, traders and soldiers - had conflicting motivations and objectives. Scholars have also begun to emphasize that the colonized were not mere victims but had their own agendas and that they occasionally successfully manipulated colonial powers. The texts in this volume help to substantiate these assertions while also illustrating the changing nature of the interactions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351909808
• Artikelnr.: 47955508

Autorenporträt

Chandra R. de Silva is Professor of History and Dean of the College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
The first visit of the Portuguese to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka and its peoples
King Bhuvanekabahu and the Portuguese
Kandy: religion and politics
Jaffna: conquest, resistance and governance
The Peace Treaty of 1617
The Portuguese and the Maldives
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.