Myanmar in the fifteenth century : a tale of two kingdoms

Auteur(s) :

Aung-Thwin, Michael Arthur (1946-....) Découvrir l'auteur

Éditeur(s)
- University of Hawaiʻi Press
Date
- cop. 2017
Contenu
- Introduction: The study of Ava and Pegu ; Part I. The Kingdom of Ava (1364-1527). 1. Prelude to Ava ; 2. The Ava convention ; 3. Ava's founding fathers ; 4. The consolidation of Ava ; 5. The fifteenth century and the apogee of Ava ; 6. Ava : Pagan writ small ; 7. The last decades and the decline of Ava ; 8. Ava's legacy in Myanmar's history ; Part II. The Kingdom of Pegu (1353-1538). 9. The "Pegu convention" and the "Mon narrative" ; 10. Sources for the reconstruction of Pegu ; 11. The origins of Pegu and its founding fathers ; 12. Yazadarit the Unifier ; 13. The golden years at Pegu : Shin Saw Bu, Dhammazedi, and Bannya Ram ; 14. The historical legacy of the first Pegu dynasty ; Conclusion: An "upstream-downstream" dualism : time, space, and type in Myanmar's history.
Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index
Langues
- Anglais
Description matérielle
- xiv, 369 pages ; 24 cm
Sujet(s)
- Birmanie
Epoque
- 15e siècle
Lieu
- Birmanie
ISBN
- 9780824867836
Indice
- 953.0 Histoire de Birmanie
Origine de la notice:
- OCoLC ;
- HU/DLC