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Black Tudors : the untold story / Miranda Kaufmann.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London, England : Oneworld Publications, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1786071843
  • 9781786071842
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Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 941.0049 K21 Available 33111008974715
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A new, transformative history - in Tudor times there were Black people living and working in Britain, and they were free

'This is history on the cutting edge of archival research, but accessibly written and alive with human details and warmth.' David Olusoga, author of Black and British: A Forgotten History

A black porter publicly whips a white Englishman in the hall of a Gloucestershire manor house. A Moroccan woman is baptised in a London church. Henry VIII dispatches a Mauritanian diver to salvage lost treasures from the Mary Rose. From long-forgotten records emerge the remarkable stories of Africans who lived free in Tudor England...

They were present at some of the defining moments of the age. They were christened, married and buried by the Church. They were paid wages like any other Tudors. The untold stories of the Black Tudors, dazzlingly brought to life by Kaufmann, will transform how we see this most intriguing period of history.

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Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018

A Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and the Observer

'That rare thing: a book about the 16th century that said something new.' Evening Standard, Books of the Year

'Splendid... a cracking contribution to the field.' Dan Jones, Sunday Times

'Consistently fascinating, historically invaluable... the narrative is pacy... Anyone reading it will never look at Tudor England in the same light again.' Daily Mail

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.

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.

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