Black Tudors

Author : Miranda Kaufmann
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786071859

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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.

Author : Miranda Kaufmann
Publisher : Oneworld
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : Blacks
ISBN : 178607396X

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Black Tudors by Miranda Kaufmann Pdf

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

Author : Miranda Kaufmann
Publisher : Oneworld Publications
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1786071843

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Black Tudors by Miranda Kaufmann Pdf

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.

Author : Onyeka Nubia
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786994233

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England’s Other Countrymen by Onyeka Nubia Pdf

The Tudor period remains a source of timeless fascination, with endless novels, TV programmes and films depicting the period in myriad ways. And yet our image of the Tudor era remains overwhelmingly white. This ground-breaking and provocative new book seeks to redress the balance: revealing not only how black presence in Tudor England was far greater than has previously been recognised, but that Tudor conceptions of race were far more complex than we have been led to believe. Onyeka Nubia's original research shows that Tudors from many walks of life regularly interacted with people of African descent, both at home and abroad, revealing a genuine pragmatism towards race and acceptance of difference. Nubia also rejects the influence of the 'Curse of Ham' myth on Tudor thinking, persuasively arguing that many of the ideas associated with modern racism are in fact relatively recent developments. England's Other Countrymen is a bravura and eloquent forgotten history of diversity and cultural exchange, and casts a new light on our own attitudes towards race.

Author : Catherine Fletcher
Publisher : Random House
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781448182084

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The Black Prince of Florence by Catherine Fletcher Pdf

‘A spectacular, elegant, brilliant portrait of skulduggery, murder and sex in Renaissance Florence’ Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard, Books of the Year 1531 – after years of brutal war and political intrigue, the bastard son of a Medici Duke and a ‘half-negro’ maidservant rides into Florence. Within a year, he rules the city as its Prince. Backed by the Pope and his future father-in-law the Holy Roman Emperor, the nineteen-year-old Alessandro faces down bloody family rivalry and the scheming hostility of Italy’s oligarchs to reassert the Medicis’ faltering grip on the turbulent city-state. Six years later, as he awaits an adulterous liaison, he will be murdered by his cousin in another man’s bed. ‘Nothing in sixteenth-century history is more astonishing’ Hilary Mantel

Author : Onyeka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Africans
ISBN : 0953318214

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Blackamoores by Onyeka Pdf

Author : Judith John
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781782741817

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Dark History of the Tudors by Judith John Pdf

Illustrated with 180 photographs, paintings and illustrations, Dark History of the Tudors is a fascinating, accessible account of the murder, adultery and religious turmoil that characterised England’s most infamous royal dynasty.

Author : Anne Gracie,Michael Hirst
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416947783

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The Tudors: The King, the Queen, and the Mistress by Anne Gracie,Michael Hirst Pdf

The King and Cardinal both work for papal decree of divorce while the King becomes involved with another woman.

Author : Olivette Otele
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781541619937

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African Europeans by Olivette Otele Pdf

A dazzling history of Africans in Europe, revealing their unacknowledged role in shaping the continent One of the Best History Books of 2021 — Smithsonian Conventional wisdom holds that Africans are only a recent presence in Europe. But in African Europeans, renowned historian Olivette Otele debunks this and uncovers a long history of Europeans of African descent. From the third century, when the Egyptian Saint Maurice became the leader of a Roman legion, all the way up to the present, Otele explores encounters between those defined as "Africans" and those called "Europeans." She gives equal attention to the most prominent figures—like Alessandro de Medici, the first duke of Florence thought to have been born to a free African woman in a Roman village—and the untold stories—like the lives of dual-heritage families in Europe's coastal trading towns. African Europeans is a landmark celebration of this integral, vibrantly complex slice of European history, and will redefine the field for years to come.

Author : Thomas Penn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439191576

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Winter King by Thomas Penn Pdf

Originally published in Great Britain by Penguin Books Ltd., 2011.

Author : Thomas Foster Earle,K. J. P. Lowe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-05-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0521815827

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Black Africans in Renaissance Europe by Thomas Foster Earle,K. J. P. Lowe Pdf

This highly original book opens up the almost entirely neglected area of the black African presence in Western Europe during the Renaissance. Covering history, literature, art history and anthropology, it investigates a whole range of black African experience and representation across Renaissance Europe, from various types of slavery to black musicians and dancers, from real and symbolic Africans at court to the views of the Catholic Church, and from writers of African descent to Black African criminality. Their findings demonstrate the variety and complexity of black African life in fifteenth and sixteenth-century Europe, and how it was affected by firmly held preconceptions relating to the African continent and its inhabitants, reinforced by Renaissance ideas and conditions. Of enormous importance both for European and American history, this book mixes empirical material and theoretical approaches, and addresses such issues as stereotypes, changing black African identity, and cultural representation in art and literature.

Author : David Olusoga
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 809 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781447299745

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Black and British by David Olusoga Pdf

'[A] comprehensive and important history of black Britain . . . Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion.' – Kwasi Kwarteng, Sunday Times In this vital re-examination of a shared history, historian and broadcaster David Olusoga tells the rich and revealing story of the long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa and the Caribbean. This edition, fully revised and updated, features a new chapter encompassing the Windrush scandal and the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, events which put black British history at the centre of urgent national debate. Black and British is vivid confirmation that black history can no longer be kept separate and marginalised. It is woven into the cultural and economic histories of the nation and it belongs to us all. Drawing on new genealogical research, original records, and expert testimony, Black and British reaches back to Roman Britain, the medieval imagination, Elizabethan ‘blackamoors’ and the global slave-trading empire. It shows that the great industrial boom of the nineteenth century was built on American slavery, and that black Britons fought at Trafalgar and in the trenches of both World Wars. Black British history is woven into the cultural and economic histories of the nation. It is not a singular history, but one that belongs to us all. Unflinching, confronting taboos, and revealing hitherto unknown scandals, Olusoga describes how the lives of black and white Britons have been entwined for centuries. Winner of the 2017 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize. Winner of the Longman History Today Trustees’ Award. A Waterstones History Book of the Year. Longlisted for the Orwell Prize. Shortlisted for the inaugural Jhalak Prize.

Author : Avril Nanton,Jody Burton
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781913618209

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Black London by Avril Nanton,Jody Burton Pdf

Discover the people, places, and landmarks that have rewritten history! Black London is a complete guide that shines a new and much-needed light on the rich Black history of London’s inhabitants and beyond. From the Nelson Mandela Statue in Parliament Square to the Black Lives Matter mural in Woolwich, this must-have travel guide showcases more than 120 historical sites worth visiting and revisiting.

Author : Tracy Borman
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781444782912

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The Private Lives of the Tudors by Tracy Borman Pdf

'Borman approaches her topic with huge enthusiasm and a keen eye for entertaining...this is a very human story of a remarkable family, full of vignettes that sit long in the mind.' Dan Jones, The Sunday Times 'Tracy Borman's eye for detail is impressive; the book is packed with fascinating courtly minutiae... this is a wonderful book.' The Times 'Borman is an authoritative and engaging writer, good at prising out those humanising details that make the past alive to us.' The Observer 'Fascinating, detailed account of the everyday reality of the royals... This is a book of rich scholarship.' Daily Mail 'Tracy Borman's passion for the Tudor period shines forth from the pages of this fascinatingly detailed book, which vividly illuminates what went on behind the scenes at the Tudor court.' Alison Weir 'I do not live in a corner. A thousand eyes see all I do.' Elizabeth I The Tudor monarchs were constantly surrounded by an army of attendants, courtiers and ministers. Even in their most private moments, they were accompanied by a servant specifically appointed for the task. A groom of the stool would stand patiently by as Henry VIII performed his daily purges, and when Elizabeth I retired for the evening, one of her female servants would sleep at the end of her bed. These attendants knew the truth behind the glamorous exterior. They saw the tears shed by Henry VII upon the death of his son Arthur. They knew the tragic secret behind 'Bloody' Mary's phantom pregnancies. And they saw the 'crooked carcass' beneath Elizabeth I's carefully applied makeup, gowns and accessories. It is the accounts of these eyewitnesses, as well as a rich array of other contemporary sources that historian Tracy Borman has examined more closely than ever before. With new insights and discoveries, and in the same way that she brilliantly illuminated the real Thomas Cromwell - The Private Life of the Tudors will reveal previously unexamined details about the characters we think we know so well.

Author : Patrice Lawrence
Publisher : Scholastic UK
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781407193892

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Voices: Diver's Daughter: A Tudor Story by Patrice Lawrence Pdf

A gripping heart-in-your-mouth adventure told by Eve, a Tudor girl who sets out on a dangerous journey to change her life for the better. Voices: Diver's Daughter - A Tudor Story brings Eve and her mother, who was stolen from her family in Mozambique as a child, from the Southwark slums of Elizabethan London to England's southern coast. When they hear from a Mary Rose survivor that one of the African free-divers who was sent to salvage its treasures is alive and well and living in Southampton, mother and daughter agree to try to find him and attempt to dive the wreck of another ship, rumoured to be rich with treasures. But will the pair survive when the man arrives to claim his 'share'? Will Eve overcome her fear of the water to help rescue her mother? In this thrilling adventure based on real events, Patrice Lawrence shows us a fascinating and rarely seen world that's sure to hook young readers. VOICES: A thrilling series showcasing some of the UK's finest writers for young people. Voices reflects the authentic, unsung stories of our past. Each shows that, even in times of great upheaval, a myriad of people have arrived on this island and made a home for themselves - from Roman times to the present day.