Buku ini, yang merupakan salah satu karya H. J. de Graaf tentang sejarah Mataram, secara khusus menyoroti masa pemerintahan Sultan Agung (1613-1645) dan sedikit mengenai pendahulunya, Panembahan Sedaing-Krapyak (1601-1613). Diungkapkan bahwa, dengan politik ekspansi Sultan Agung, Mataram berhasil melebarkan radius kekuasaan dan pengaruhnya. Upaya menghalau VOC, misalnya, meskipun gagal, telah m…
Examines the theory and practice of kingship in the Later Mataram Period (16th to 19th centuries). The author takes an integrated approach in which each factor is studied from the importance of its functioning to the state, its place in the state organization, and its interaction with the other factors surveyed. Various chapter headings survey such diverse topics as the magical/religious implem…