Black Tudors the untold story / [electronic resource] :
Miranda Kaufmann.
- 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The untold story of free Africans living and working in Britain. A ground-breaking and seminal work of the lives of various Africans during the Tudor period, living like anyone else in Tudor England. Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018 A Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and the Observer 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.
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9781786071859 (e-book)
Blacks--History--Great Britain--16th century. European history Biography: historical, political & military European history United Kingdom, Great Britain Africa 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599 History Social & cultural history General & world history Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies Social & cultural anthropology Biography: general Ethnic studies History Relating to ethnic minorities & groups History.
Great Britain--Race relations--History--16th century. Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.