Van Vliet's Siam Sexuality elite-based historical studies of the

elite-based historical studies of the period

is a reemphasis on religious ways of making sense of and responding to accidents

to fiction

Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN)

Van Vliet's Siam Sexuality elite-based historical studies of theChris Baker, Dhiravat na Pombejra, Alfon van der Kraan, David K. Wyatt The most detailed and fascinating account of old Siam was written by Dutch merchant Jeramias Van Vliet between 1636 and 1640 in four works: the earliest surviving chronicle of Siam's history; a wide ranging description of the kingdom's geography, economy, society, politics, and region; a blow by blow account of a bloody struggle over the crown; and the Dutchman's day by day diary