RT Book
T1 The chaplains of the East India Company, 1601-1858
A1 O'Connor, Daniel 1933-
LA English
PP London New York
PB Continuum
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/721096042
AB 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
NO Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-160) and index
CN BV4375
SN 1441102884
SN 9781283361576
SN 9781441102881
K1 East India Company : Chaplains : History : 19th century
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