This book presents the first-ever English translation of 'The Open Door to Hidden Paganism', one of the earliest and most detailed studies of South Indian Hinduism. Written in 1651 by Abraham Rogerius, a Dutch East India Company clergyman and missionary, it offers an unexpectedly balanced account of the customs and traditions of the South Indian Brahmins. This made it a cornerstone of early European Indology.

In addition to the Dutch original, this edition includes a full English translation...

* professioneel gereedschap voor vertalers, tolken en studenten;

* 30.000 woorden met 37.000 betekenissen;

* zeer grote rijkdom aan voorbeelden uit literatuur en spreektaal;

* Turkse woorden zijn voorzien van indicaties voor uitspraak en klemtoon;

* Turkse woorden zijn voorzien van grammaticale informatie;

* bevat separaat compendium Turkse grammatica;

Dit woordenboek is gemaakt door medewerkers van de School of Middle Eastern Studies van het LIAS, Leiden Institute for Area Studies van de Universit...

'Expeditions in Persia: Exploring Qajar Persia in two 19th-Century Diaries' unveils the intricacies of 19th-century Persian expeditions through two complementary travelogues. The first account, with an anonymous author (attributed to Sir John Malcolm), offers a detailed diplomatic and historical perspective on the journey through Persia during an East India Company mission led by Sir John Malcolm. The second travelogue, written by Mirza Saleh, an Iranian intellectual and later diplomat, chron...

This new and now unabridged English translation of Huizinga’s Autumntide of the Middle Ages (Herfsttij der Middeleeuwen) celebrates the centenary of a book that still ranks as one of the most perceptive and influential analyses of the late medieval period. Its wide-ranging discussion of fourteenth and fifteenth century France and the Low Countries makes it a classic study of life, culture, and thought in medieval society.

The translation of the original text captures the impact of Huizing...