| Description |
1 online resource (176 pages) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
East India Company.
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| SUBJECT |
East India Company fast |
| Subject |
Chaplains.
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chaplains.
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RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Pastoral Resources.
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Chaplains
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brown, Gordon
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| ISBN |
9781441155641 |
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1441155643 |
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1283361574 |
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9781283361576 |
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