International and intercultural communication in Great King Naresuan Period
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The Memoirs of King Naresuan’s period has enormous evidences and has been distributed in various formats in mass media. Almost all of them, whether in Thai language or others, cover his brave heart, defeat of enemies, expansion of border, as well as his influence on healthcare, language education and religious acts. Nonetheless, personal communication is sometimes understood differently between people who share different backgrounds, cultural practices and religious beliefs. King Naresuan felt challenged by these factors and it let him to investigate and to create an understanding of how to communicate with different parties, resulting in good relations with everyone. The objective of this qualitative study is to find and identify a pattern of international communication in the low – technology period of King Naresuan, derived from secondary data about him which involve diplomatic and personal communications with international partners. According to international communication, intercultural communication and communication process are being used to explain the context of e.g. political texts, and poses the questions; what was important? To whom is it important? For what is a purpose? The results show that ancient people mitigating circumstances while looking for new land and resources, the main reasons for war, had a diplomatic and soft approach – e.g. marriage, offering of souvenirs and so on. Their international communications abilities are one of the success factors strengthening their power, keeping dependent landlords under their control.
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