Black Tudors : the untold story /
Kaufmann, Miranda, 1982-
Black Tudors : the untold story / Miranda Kaufmann. - 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Introduction -- John Blanke, the trumpeter -- Jacques Francis, the salvage diver -- Diego, the circumnavigator -- Edward Swarthye, the porter -- Reasonable Blackman, the silk weaver -- Mary Fillis, the Moroccan convert -- Dederi Jaquoah, the Prince of River Cestos -- John Anthony, mariner of Dover -- Anne Cobbie, the tawny Moor with soft skin -- Cattelena of Almondsbury, independent singlewoman -- Conclusion.
They were present at some of the defining moment of the Tudor age. They were christened, married and buried by the Church. And their stories have been untold for many years. Kaufman has unearthed the remarkable stories of Africans who lived free in Tudor England, and in doing so transforms how we see this period of history.
1786071843 9781786071842
Blacks--History--Great Britain--16th century.
Great Britain--Race relations--History--16th century.
Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.
Black Tudors : the untold story / Miranda Kaufmann. - 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Introduction -- John Blanke, the trumpeter -- Jacques Francis, the salvage diver -- Diego, the circumnavigator -- Edward Swarthye, the porter -- Reasonable Blackman, the silk weaver -- Mary Fillis, the Moroccan convert -- Dederi Jaquoah, the Prince of River Cestos -- John Anthony, mariner of Dover -- Anne Cobbie, the tawny Moor with soft skin -- Cattelena of Almondsbury, independent singlewoman -- Conclusion.
They were present at some of the defining moment of the Tudor age. They were christened, married and buried by the Church. And their stories have been untold for many years. Kaufman has unearthed the remarkable stories of Africans who lived free in Tudor England, and in doing so transforms how we see this period of history.
1786071843 9781786071842
Blacks--History--Great Britain--16th century.
Great Britain--Race relations--History--16th century.
Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.