England's Other Countrymen
Book description
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…
Why read it?
1 author picked England's Other Countrymen as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In this thought-provoking book, Onyeka Nubia encourages us to re-examine Tudor concepts of race and ethnicity in Tudor (and Stuart) England without assumptions based on post-colonial narratives. What emerges is a nuanced picture of complex interactions, attitudes, and prejudices. As well as studying the writings of Tudor scholars, theologians, and authors, Nubia looks at the lives of individual Africans in England, showing that they weren’t “strangers” but lived as part of English communities - whether in cosmopolitan London parishes such as St Botolph without Aldgate, or in rural villages.
From Kirsten's list on everyday life in Tudor England.
If you love England's Other Countrymen...
Want books like England's Other Countrymen?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like England's Other Countrymen.