The Seen and Unseen Worlds in Java, 1726-1749

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The Seen and Unseen Worlds in Java, 1726-1749 is written by Merle Calvin Ricklefs and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1864486279 (ISBN 10) and 9781864486278 (ISBN 13).

This work explores the nexus between religious belief and mundane behaviour in mid-18th-century Java, exploding the widely accepted stereotypes about the role of Islam in Javanese civilization as he does so. Pakubawana was a malleable 16 year-old who came to the throne under the religious influence of his pious and mystical grandmother Ratu Pakubuwana. He was shaped into the model mystic monarch, who eventually went to Holy War against the Dutch East India company.