Black Tudors - The Untold Story

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.

About the author

Miranda Kaufmann is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of London’s Institute of Commonwealth Studies. Her first book, Black Tudors, was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018 and was A Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and the Observer. She has appeared on Sky News, the BBC and Al Jazeera, and she’s written for The Times, Guardian and BBC History Magazine. She lives in North Wales.

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: Miranda Kaufmann
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781786071842
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-184-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Africa, Anthropology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General