TINJAUAN HISTORIS PERANAN MANGKUNEGARA IV BIDANG EKONOMI DAN BUDAYA DALAM MEWUJUDKAN STABILITAS MANGKUNEGARAN TAHUN 1853-1881

Abstract

Mangkunegaran is a fractional kingdom of Mataram Islam after the agreement of Giyanti or Babad Palihan Nagari in 1755, with the founding of the Mangkunegaran of the Salatiga agreement of 1757, in line and growing within the realm of the kingdom, Mangkunegaraan must be able to stand autonomously, become a stable sovereign kingdom either political and economic. In Mangkunegara III period, the political situation, in general has started to improve, so that during the reign of Mangkunegara IV, the improvement in the economic and cultural fields is done because Mangkunegaran is very far behind with other Swapraja in both fields because in the past only focused on the political field only, so on the basis of the situation since Mangkunegara IV reigned from 1853 to 1881, made a series of important changes in Mangkunegaran. The type of research is observasion qualitative model as for method used in this research is historic method, by conducting library study. Data collection techniques in this study using heuristic steps and literature techniques and the validity of data collection using internal and external criticism with the steps of analysis that is using the step of interpretation and historiography.