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Dutch East India Company Merchants at the Court of Ayutthaya
Dutch Perceptions of the Thai Kingdom, c.1604-1765
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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 âpartnershipâ and a âsense of differencesâ. The book contributes to expanding the study of the history of Ayutthayaâknown for its scarcity of sourcesâ with the help of contemporary Dutch views.
Bhawan Ruangsilp (1971) obtained her MA in European History and German Literature at Tübingen University in 1999, and her doctorate in History at Leiden University in 2007. She is a lecturer at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok. Her main interests are the history of Asian-European interactions and pre-modern Thai history.
All those interested in the history of Asian-European interactions and Thai history of the Ayutthaya period.