Black Tudors
A black porter publicly whips a white English gentleman in a Gloucestershire manor house A heavily pregnant African woman is abandoned on an Indonesian island by Sir Francis Drake A Mauritanian diver is despatched to salvage lost treasures from the Mary Rose Miranda Kaufmann reveals the absorbing stories of some of the Africans who lived free in Tudor England From long forgotten records, remarkable characters emerge They were baptised, married and buried by the Church of England They were paid wages like any other Tudors Their stories, brought viscerally to life by Kaufmann, provide unprecedented insights into how Africans came to be in Tudor England, what they did there and how they were treated A ground breaking, seminal work, Black Tudors challenges the accepted narrative that racial slavery was all but inevitable and forces us to re examine the seventeenth century to determine what caused perceptions to change so radically. Free Read [ Black Tudors ] Author [ Miranda Kaufmann ] – kino-fada.fr There are 13 other reviews of this book, which isn t published yet, so all of us read freebies or arcs Everyone else 4 or 5 starred it 5 reviewers forgot to mention it was a freebie which are provided in exchange for a review usually I used to write to GR about this as it is a legal requirement in the US but generally GR didn t do anything at all and the reviewers continued blithely on not letting anyone know they got loads of books for free and reviewed them all 4 or 5 stars That might be There are 13 other reviews of this book, which isn t published yet, so all of us read freebies or arcs Everyone else 4 or 5 starred it 5 revi...What an extraordinary, revelatory book The author has gone through the minutiae of parish registers and legal records to reconstruct the stories of Africans living in Tudor England, on the way revealing just how many there were It s a staggering demonstration of how much history has been whitewashed The author puts each of the stories she s dug out into a wider context of the time skilled artisans, pirates, prostitutes, musicians at the royal court, divers city people and country people se What an extraordinary, revelatory book The author has gone through the minutiae of parish registers and legal records to reconstruct the stories of Africans living in Tudor England, on the way revealing just how many there we...One doesn t generally associate Tudor era England with individuals of African descent Surprisingly, Tudor England had a sufficient amount of Black residents workers and there were not slaves as usually envisioned Miranda Kaufmann explores this riveting, fresh angle of English history in, Black Tudors The Untold Story.A large amount of credit is due to Miranda Kaufmann for being exceptionally ambitious and striving to reveal an aspect of Tudor history that even the most staunch English his One doesn t generally associate Tudor era England with individuals of African descent Surprisingly, Tudor England had a sufficient amount of Black residents workers and there were not slaves as usually envisioned Miranda Kaufmann explores this riveting, fre...ARC provided by Edelweiss in exchange for an honest reviewI once heard a radio interview about a Dickens novel adapted for stage where the lead role was played by a black man The interviewer suggested that this was an interesting choice considering the time period in which it was said To which said black actor replied, with humour, that actually there was no reason why the character couldn t actually have been black considering how diverse 19th C London really was we poc weren t just inve ARC provided by Edelweiss in exchange for an honest reviewI once heard a radio interview about a Dickens novel adapted for stage where the lead role was played by a black man The interviewer suggested that this was an interesting choice considering the time period in which it was said To which said black actor replied, with humour, that actually there was no reason why the character couldn t actually have been black considering how diverse 19th C London really was we poc weren t just invented I did know that there was a lotethnic diversity in Britain than our received historical sources lead us to believe but even I ...Black Tudors by Dr Miranda Kaufmann is an ambitious book loaded with little known Tudor trivia that has long been overdue in the study of 16th century England, and fortunately for the future of this little explored topic, the result is a fascinating production of the utmost quality that takes a close look at ten individuals who could, quite accurately, be considered Black Tudors.There is a common held belief that these British Isles were inhabited by a native, white population before the rise of Black Tudors by Dr Miranda Kaufmann is an ambitious book loaded with little known Tudor trivia that has long been overdue in the study of 16th century England, and fortunately for the future of this little explored topic, the result is a fascinating production of the utmost quality that takes a close look at ten individuals who could, quite accurately, be considered Black Tudors.There is a common held belief that these British Isles were inhabited by a native, white population before the rise of Slavery, the Industrial Revolution, and the onset of twentieth century globalisation with the voyage of the Empire Windrush from the Caribbean, that people of colour quite simply were unknown to our Tudor period ancestors Yet, as Dr Kaufmann shows in this illuminating and extraordinarily in depth publication, ...I will hold back, for now, on the Scottish trumpeteer who worked in international espionage, and the ecstatic user of a Tudor dildo, who With Oh, and Oh. itching moves her hips And to and fro full lightly starts and skips Suffice it to say that any fears that Kauffamn s that Black Tudors may prove worthy, but dull, are unfounded There is an assumption, Kaufmann believes, that all Africans in British history have been enslaved victims and that the Caribbean slave trade was almost inevitabl I will hold back, for now, on the Scottish trumpeteer who worked in international espionage, and the ecstatic user of a Tudor dildo, who With Oh, and Oh. itching moves her hips And to and fro full lightly starts and skips Suffice it to say that any fears that Kauffamn s that Black Tudors may prove worthy, but dull, are unfounded There is an ass...It is said that history is written by the winners While that is certainly true, theinsidious fact is that history is written by those who hold the pen What this means in a practical sense is that those with little power, and little influence whether or not they won are often either diminished in the historical record or left out entirely One of the great or terrible things about the emergence of the internet is that it has given voice to populations who, even fifty years ago, would It is said that history is written by the winners While that is certainly true, theinsidious fact is that history is written by those who hold the pen What this means in a practical sense is that those with little power, and little influence whether or not they won are often either diminished in the historical record or left out entirely One of the great or terrible things about the emergence of the internet is that it has given voice to populations who, even fifty years ago, would not have been heard The internet is going to change how histories are written in the future, the vast amount ...This book discusses the lives of black people in Tudor England, contradicting the assumption that they were not a part of English history at this time The author attempts to tell the story of several individuals, and in so doing shed light on the variety of occupations and roles held by black people at the time, again contradicting an assumption that black people in England must have been slaves or servants I liked that the author frankly discussed what is and what is not known from the histor This book discusses the lives of black people in Tudor England, contradicting the assumption that they were not a part of English history at this time The author attempts to tell the story of several individuals, and in so doing shed light on the variety of occupations and roles held by black people at the time, again contradicting an assumption that black people in England must have been slaves or servants I liked that the author frankly discussed what is and what is not known from the historical record, especially as there were a lot of blank spaces in the lives of these ordinary people When she made assumptions, she explained why she did so for example, she theorized that one indivi...I have read several outstanding books about everyday Tudor lives recently, and I m delighted to add this one to my bookshelf Solid and exhaustive research that makes excellent arguments not only for the presence of Africans in the everyday Tudor landscape but also their status as free persons who were ordinary members of the community I also particularly love that each chapter is devoted to a person of a different social standing, so in addition to presenting the breadth of diversity in circum I have read several outstanding books about everyday Tudor lives recently, and I m delighted to add this one to my bookshelf Solid and exhaustive research that makes excellent arguments not only for the presence of Africans in the everyday Tudor landscape but also their status as free persons who were ordinary members of the community I also particularly love that each chapter is devoted to a person of a different social standing, so in addition to presenting the bre...I am somewhat conflicted about this book It was absolutely fascinating The information was great, and I enjoyed a lot of the little details, especially the ones about the court records.HOWEVER.Firstly, once you get into the 1620s, I am not really sure you can call them Black Tudors Admittedly, Black Tudors and Early Stuarts does not work as well.Secondly, some of her connections got a bit tenuous My eyebrows raised a bit when she constructed a past for Cattelina of Almondsbury entirely o I am somewhat conflicted about this book It was absolutely fascinating The information was great, and I enjoyed a lot of the little details, especially the ones about the court records.HOWEVER.Firstly, once you get into the 1620s, I am not really sure you can call them Black Tudors Admittedly, Black Tudors and...
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- 09 July 2018 Miranda Kaufmann
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- 352 pages
- Miranda Kaufmann
- Black Tudors