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Index
Half title
Title page
Imprints page
Contents
Figures and Tables
Maps
Preface: Ayutthaya in History
Acknowledgments
Note on the Text
1 Before Ayutthaya
Early Peoples
Towns
Contacts
The Gods Came
Buddhist Beginnings
Riverside Towns
Dvaravati, Trade, and Rule
The Influence of Angkor
Summary on the Growth of Towns
The Tai
Warriors and Settlements
Sukhothai
Lankan Buddhism
Summary on the Tai and Sukhothai
Conclusion
2 Ayutthaya Rising
Xian and the Peninsula
Emergence
Xian After Srivijaya
Xian and China
Chinese Settlers
Founding Ayutthaya
From Port-City to Territorial Power
Ayutthaya and the Northern Cities
Ayutthaya, Lanna, and Angkor
Political Geography
The Early Ayutthaya Polity
The Politics of Merger
Merging Languages
Lankan Buddhism
Conclusion
3 An Age of Warfare
Rising Violence
Cross-Basin Warfare
Elephants, Guns, and Mercenaries
Elephants
Guns and Mercenaries
Pegu and Ayutthaya
War and Society
Manning War
Fatality, Defence, and Resistance
The Culture of a Warrior Court
Kingship in Early Ayutthaya
Naresuan
Lovek
Finale
Conclusion
4 Peace and Commerce
Entrepot between East and West
The Japanese
The Moors
The Dutch
“This City Is Excellent. It Has Everything.”
Ayutthaya and the Peninsula
Royal Wealth and Power
Royal Income
King and Buddhism
Hiding the Royal Body
Khmer Revivalism
Hunts, Contests, Poems, Histories
Nobility and Monarchy
Decline of Provincial Lords
The Service Nobility in the Capital
Wars of Succession
1688
Phaulkon, France, and the Missionaries
Narai, Nobility, and Sangha
Phra Phetracha, Monks, and the Mob
Conclusion
5 An Urban and Commercial Society
A Sparse Population
Agriculture and Food
An Urban Society
Urban Society at Work
Servitude
Family, Gender, and Sexuality
Commoners: Female Families and Loose Males
Nobles: Male Dominance and Female Submission
Gender in a Commercial Society
Buddhism and Urban Society
Languages and Identity
Cosmopolitan Ayutthaya
Languages and Identity at an Entrepot
Conclusion
6 Ayutthaya Falling
Trade and China
Rice Trade to China
Economic Expansion and Chinese Settlement
Labor, Disorder, and Revolt
Decline of Forced Labor
Bandits, Crime, Corruption
Revolt
Power and Lore
Nobility Rising
A Society Looking at Itself
Dramas of Change
Tales and Reflections in Wat Murals
The Ban Phlu Luang Dynasty
Succession
Law and Buddhism
Expansion of Law
Buddhism for Society
Prophecy, History, and Maps
The Fall
Conclusion
7 To Bangkok
Taksin
Bangkok
War and Trade
King and Nobility
Buddhism, Law, and Kingship
Conclusion
Appendix: List of Kings
Glossary
Notes on Some Key Sources
Sukhothai Inscription 1
Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya
Testimony
Simon de la Loubère and Nicolas Gervaise
Description of Ayutthaya
Laws
Literary Works and Murals
References
Index
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