Now Posting on Medium (Medieval Indonesia)
It’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog, but I wanted to let any readers/subscribers know that I’m now writing on …
Some Old Javanese/Old Sundanese Resources
Halo semua! It’s been a while. Things have been a bit hectic. I got married in Gibraltar last August and moved …
Some Old Javanese/Old Sundanese Resources
Halo semua! It’s been a while. Things have been a bit hectic. I got married in Gibraltar last August and moved …
Tim Hannigan’s ‘A Brief History of Indonesia’
I’m in two minds about Tim Hannigan’s A Brief History of Indonesia (2015). Part of my brain is cruelly happy that Hannigan’s …
Tim Hannigan’s ‘A Brief History of Indonesia’
I’m in two minds about Tim Hannigan’s A Brief History of Indonesia (2015). Part of my brain is cruelly happy that Hannigan’s …
Tim Hannigan’s ‘A Brief History of Indonesia’
I’m in two minds about Tim Hannigan’s A Brief History of Indonesia (2015). Part of my brain is cruelly happy that Hannigan’s …
The Arrival of the Portuguese – Malay Annals
You may remember that I’ve been working on my Jawi script – the Perso-Arabic-based writing system used by Malay speakers to …
The Arrival of the Portuguese – Malay Annals
You may remember that I've been working on my Jawi script – the Perso-Arabic-based writing system used by Malay speakers to …
The Arrival of the Portuguese – Malay Annals
You may remember that I’ve been working on my Jawi script – the Perso-Arabic-based writing system used by Malay speakers to …
Pigafetta on the Cannons of ‘Burne’
Antonio Pigafetta visited Borneo in July 1521 during the first circumnavigation of the world, immediately after Magellan’s fatal encounter with the …
Pigafetta on the Cannons of ‘Burne’
Antonio Pigafetta visited Borneo in July 1521 during the first circumnavigation of the world, immediately after Magellan's fatal encounter with the …
Pigafetta on the Cannons of ‘Burne’
Antonio Pigafetta visited Borneo in July 1521 during the first circumnavigation of the world, immediately after Magellan’s fatal encounter with the …
Marco Polo’s Unicorn
We’ve looked at a few of the marvels recorded in Polo’s Devisement and Odoric’s Relatio over the past couple of weeks. …
Marco Polo’s Unicorn
We've looked at a few of the marvels recorded in Polo's Devisement and Odoric's Relatio over the past couple of weeks. …
Marco Polo’s Unicorn
We’ve looked at a few of the marvels recorded in Polo’s Devisement and Odoric’s Relatio over the past couple of weeks. …
Peter Frankopan’s ‘The Silk Roads’ – a talk at Blackwell’s
Yesterday afternoon I went to Blackwell’s bookshop in Oxford to see the Byzantinist Peter Frankopan talk about his new book, The …
Peter Frankopan’s ‘The Silk Roads’ – a talk at Blackwell’s
Yesterday afternoon I went to Blackwell's bookshop in Oxford to see the Byzantinist Peter Frankopan talk about his new book, The …
Peter Frankopan’s ‘The Silk Roads’ – a talk at Blackwell’s
Yesterday afternoon I went to Blackwell’s bookshop in Oxford to see the Byzantinist Peter Frankopan talk about his new book, The …
Java and Mongols in the Medieval European Sources
In 1292, towards the end of his reign, Khubilai Khan sent a fleet of ships from Quanzhou in southern China …
Java and Mongols in the Medieval European Sources
In 1292, towards the end of his reign, Khubilai Khan sent a fleet of ships from Quanzhou in southern China …
Java and Mongols in the Medieval European Sources
In 1292, towards the end of his reign, Khubilai Khan sent a fleet of ships from Quanzhou in southern China …
Odoric on Sago
Last week I wrote a post about sago (Metroxylon sagu), one of the most important tree crops in Indonesia, especially in …
Odoric on Sago
Last week I wrote a post about sago (Metroxylon sagu), one of the most important tree crops in Indonesia, especially in …
Jawi Script
I'm learning classical Malay (that is to say, the language used in Melaka and the Malay world at the time of the …