A 14th Century Malay Code of Laws: The Nitisarasamuccaya

A 14th Century Malay Code of Laws: The Nitisarasamuccaya

Uli Kozok

Format: Print Book

ISBN: 9789814459747

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That is why the impressive results of the fieldwork and subsequent analytical research by the German scholar, Dr. Uli Kozok, are remarkable. By devoting considerable time and funds to his project in the interior of Sumatra, Kozok has produced results that will change the writing of the history of Malay. [...] By conducting fieldwork (Kozok saw the text in Kerinci in August 2002), by following up leads from the colonial literature (Voorhoeve's compilation), by analyzing the text without depending on accepted knowledge and by taking the step of using the latest technology to obtain an empirical perspective about the material, Kozok has succeeded in laying a major part of a foundation for the rewriting of the history of Malay in Indonesia!     - James T. Collins (2004, pp. 18-19)

The e-chapter on " Pusaka: Kerinci Manuscripts" ,  is downloadable free of charge.

Format: HB

Number of Pages: 408

Publication Date: 02/01/2015

Imprint: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies


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