The Other Side of Diponegoro's Chronicle of Kedung Kebo and Historiography of the Javanese War by Peter

This Android application is an explanation of the other side of Diponegoro (Chronicle of Kedung Kebo and Historiography of the Javanese War) by Peter Carey. In Pdf format.

THE JAVA WAR (1825-30) was a “tsunami” in modern Indonesian history that destroyed the old Javanese order and gave birth to a new colonial government, the Dutch East Indies (1818-1942). This total war also triggered the birth of new historiography. For the first time in modern Javanese literature, an autobiography appeared—Babad Diponegoro (1832)—written by Prince Diponegoro (1785-1855) in exile in Manado.

The issue of legitimacy of power has become a hotly debated matter. Is the Prince purely fighting for the truth as the Fair Queen or is he actually fed by arrogance of power, aka self-interest? For Diponegoro's arch enemy in Bagelen, Raden Adipati Cokronegoro I, the first post-war regent of Purworejo (in office 1831-1856), the answer was clear: Diponegoro was a great man but had a fatal weakness: ambition and arrogance.

In the manuscript written by Cokronegoro with the help of former commander Diponegoro in Bagelen, Basah Pengalasan, Babad Kedung Kebo (1843), Cokronegoro seems to be responding to the Prince's autobiography. This version of the history of the Java War justifies Cokronegoro's choice to side with the Dutch. The new colonial power that was entrenched had become the future of the nation and it was not yet time to expel the colonialists. So expecting a Savior aka Queen Adil to appear is too early.

This book, based on two key Javanese War expert Peter Carey's writings in the mid-1970s, on the Babad Kedung Kebo and Javanese historiography, is an inspiring introduction for historians. This book invites us to understand that Javanese history at the beginning of the 19th century was very diverse and local historiography was very rich. Cokronegoro's writings also warn us that there is no one correct version of history. The chronicle of Kedung Kebo is one of the materials that sculpts the world of Java.

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