Carey, Peter

The term Erucakra is a title closely associated in Java with the concept of the ratu adil (Just King), a ruler who was expected to arise at the end of a period of chaos and socio-economic distress to establish a new rule of justice and plenty. This concept was linked with the “J…

Prince Dipanagara of Yogyakarta (1785–1855) was the chief protagonist in the Java War (1825–30) and was exiled by the Dutch colonial authorities to Sulawesi (Celebes) (1830–55). In modern Indonesia, he is officially recognised as a national hero. In the late eighteenth and early…