Babad Tanah Jawi, The Chronicle of Java
Title
Babad Tanah Jawi, The Chronicle of Java
Subtitle
The Revised Prose Version of C.F. Winter Sr
ISBN
9789400604230
Format
eBook PDF (Adobe DRM)
Number of pages
1086
Language
English
Publication date
Dimensions
18.2 x 25.7 cm
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Table of Contents
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Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction
Chronological List of Javanese Kingdoms and Kings
Conversion Table Javanese Era (A.J.) to Common Era (C.E.)
Map of Central and East Java
Map of the Semarang – Kartasura Area
The Javanese Realm
Translation
Javanese Text (KITLV Or 8)
Glossary
Index

Wim Remmelink

Babad Tanah Jawi, The Chronicle of Java

The Revised Prose Version of C.F. Winter Sr

"The revised prose version of the Babad Tanah Jawi was originally prepared by C.F. Winter Sr. (1799-1859), with the twofold aim of providing Javanese-language teaching material and of setting a standard for formal Javanese prose writing. At that time, Javanese was almost exclusively written in verse, which was not a medium suitable for the modern world that was dawning on Java. Although Winter achieved his aims in other ways and publications, the present text was mostly forgotten, or was just passed over as another copy of the Meinsma text (Pigeaud, Literature of Java). This was unfortunate, because it deprived linguists of one of the first attempts to create a standard Javanese prose language, and historians of a readable text that presented a Javanese view of Javanese history from the beginning until 1742. To belatedly set the record straight and to honour Winter’s contributions to the development of Javanese, the author decided to publish this text in Javanese script and provide an English translation for the general public. Although historians of Java have endeavoured to incorporate Javanese sources in their research, it remains invaluable to view that history directly through the eyes of 17th and 18th century Javanese contemporaries. "
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Author

Wim Remmelink

Willem Remmelink was the executive director of the Japan-Netherlands Institute in Tokyo for more than twenty-five years. He is a specialist in Japanese and Indonesian history.