Amboina, 1623 - Fear and Conspiracy on the Edge of Empire

In 1623, Dutch authorities executed 21 conspirators who allegedly plotted to seize a castle on a remote set of islands in what is now eastern Indonesia. In this landmark study, Clulow presents a new perspective on the Amboina case that aims to move beyond the debate over guilt or innocence.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Note to the Reader
Acknowledgments
Maps of Southeast Asia, Amboina, and the Banda Islands
Introduction: The Company and the Colony
Part I. Amboina in 1623
1. With Treaty or With Violence
2. We Cannot Exist Well Without Slaves
3. Dangerous and Difficult to Govern
4. The English Serpent
5. The Trial
Part II. Remaking a Conspiracy Trial
6. The War of the Witnesses
7. Compensation and Calamity
Epilogue: The Fearful Empire
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Adam Clulow

Summary

In 1623, Dutch authorities executed twenty-one alleged conspirators over a plot to seize a castle on a remote set of islands in what is now eastern Indonesia. In this landmark study, Adam Clulow presents a new perspective on the Amboina case that aims to move beyond the debate over guilt or innocence.

Additional text

This scintillating and deeply researched study... is the best and most thorough treatment of Amboina to date.

Product details

• Authors: Adam Clulow, Adam (Professor Clulow, Clulow Adam
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780231175128
• ISBN: 978-0-231-17512-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Colonialism and imperialism, Indonesia, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, C 1600 To C 1700