A Blossoming Udumbara Tree and the Rectification of Names in 1744 Đàng Trong
Following on the previous two posts, it is time to start looking at the documents relating to the 1744 event where Nguyễn Phúc Khoát, the “Nguyễn lord” of Đàng Trong,…
Premodern Vietnamese Historical Sources, And What Historians Don’t Tell You about Them
As I stated in the previous post, in 1744 Nguyễn Phúc Khoát, the “Nguyễn lord” of Đàng Trong (the southern half of the Lê Dynasty empire) elevated his status from…
Princes (not Kings) in Đàng Trong
In the world of English-language scholarship on Vietnamese history there is a subfield that has focused on “Đàng Trong” (also known as Nam Hà, Cochinchina, etc.), the area to the…