The chaplains of the East India Company, 1601-1858 / Daniel O'Connor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connor, Daniel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chaplains.

East India Company.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Continuum International Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The East India Company's merchants were called Adventurers because they ventured their money in the risky markets of the Spice Islands and the fabulously wealthy Mughal Empire. In another sense also, the Company's entire 250 years were an adventure, exciting and dangerous, and creating over time, by violence and corruption, an empire. Contrary to the common view, the Company always claimed a Christian identity, hence the chaplains, on their voyages and in their trading 'factories' and garrisons, to guard the morals and morale of their operations. This the chaplains did with varying conviction

Contents:

Maps; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Gordon Brown; Introduction; Chapter 1; Company; Chapter 2; Voyage; Chapter 3; Factory; Chapter 4; City; Chapter 5; Garrison; Chapter 6; Empire; Conclusion; Notes; Manuscript sources; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-36157-4

9786613361578

1-4411-5564-3

OCLC:

769342667