Recommended Reading on John Blanke...
Books
Anglo, S. (1968) The Great Tournament Roll of Westminster, Clarendon Press, Oxford
MY REVIEW
Habib, I. (2007) Black Lives in the English Archives, 1500-1677: Imprints of the Invisible, Routledge
Kaufmann, M. (2017) Black Tudors: The Untold Story, Oneworld, London
Onyeka, (Oct 2013) Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England, Their Presence, Status and Origins
MY REVIEW
Anglo, S. (1968) The Great Tournament Roll of Westminster, Clarendon Press, Oxford
MY REVIEW
Habib, I. (2007) Black Lives in the English Archives, 1500-1677: Imprints of the Invisible, Routledge
Kaufmann, M. (2017) Black Tudors: The Untold Story, Oneworld, London
Onyeka, (Oct 2013) Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England, Their Presence, Status and Origins
MY REVIEW
Articles and Chapters
John Blanke Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry
Ohajuru, M.I. (2022) Insights into John Blanke’s Image from The John Blanke Project, in Bollland, C. (ed) The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics, London, National Portrait Gallery, pp. 28-30
Ohajuru, M.I. (2020) Before and After the Eighteenth Century: The John Blanke Project. In Grezina, H. G. (ed) Britain’s Black Past Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, pp. 7-25
Ohajuru, M.I. (2022) Insights into John Blanke’s Image from The John Blanke Project, in Bollland, C. (ed) The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics, London, National Portrait Gallery, pp. 28-30
Ohajuru, M.I. (2020) Before and After the Eighteenth Century: The John Blanke Project. In Grezina, H. G. (ed) Britain’s Black Past Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, pp. 7-25
Online Short Course
Black Tudors: The Untold Story
Discover the little-known history of Black Africans in Tudor England and challenge your preconceptions of Black history.
Discover the little-known history of Black Africans in Tudor England and challenge your preconceptions of Black history.
John Blanke Clothing
The Tudor Tailor's Books
The King's Servants
A Tudor Tailor Case Study by Caroline Johnson
Editors: Jane Malcolm-Davies & Ninya Mikhaila
The Typical Tudor
Reconstructing Everyday 16th Century Dress
The King's Servants
A Tudor Tailor Case Study by Caroline Johnson
Editors: Jane Malcolm-Davies & Ninya Mikhaila
The Typical Tudor
Reconstructing Everyday 16th Century Dress
Recommended Reading on Tudor England and Europe
Exhibition Catalogs
The Metropolitan Museum, New York, USA
Cleland, E. & Eaker, A (2022) The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England, New York, The Met,
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
Janeath Spicer ed.(2012) Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe . Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, (available free to download on line http://bit.ly/IBLG_Spicer)
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Bollland, C. (ed) The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics, London, National Portrait Gallery
British Museum
Bate, J. and D. Thornton (2012) Shakespeare: Staging the World London/Oxford University Press New York
Cleland, E. & Eaker, A (2022) The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England, New York, The Met,
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
Janeath Spicer ed.(2012) Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe . Baltimore: Walters Art Museum, (available free to download on line http://bit.ly/IBLG_Spicer)
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Bollland, C. (ed) The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics, London, National Portrait Gallery
British Museum
Bate, J. and D. Thornton (2012) Shakespeare: Staging the World London/Oxford University Press New York
Online
> Exhibitions
The John Blanke Project at The Tudors: Passion, Power and Politics
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=UpV8kaTBPZp&hl=1&sr=-3.08,-.27&ss=173
Black presence in Medieval and Renaissance Germany
https://blackcentraleurope.com/
Person, Object, and Aesthetic: Black Africans in European Art, 1300-1700
https://edspace.american.edu/blurredlinesblackafricans/
Switching the Lens Project: Rediscovering Londoners of African, Caribbean, Asian and Indigenous Heritage, 1561 to 1840
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/history-and-heritage/london-metropolitan-archives/about-lma/switching-the-lens-project
Recovering Blackness in The Uffizi Gallery , Florence - MY REVIEW
https://www.uffizi.it/en/online-exhibitions/on-being-present
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=UpV8kaTBPZp&hl=1&sr=-3.08,-.27&ss=173
Black presence in Medieval and Renaissance Germany
https://blackcentraleurope.com/
Person, Object, and Aesthetic: Black Africans in European Art, 1300-1700
https://edspace.american.edu/blurredlinesblackafricans/
Switching the Lens Project: Rediscovering Londoners of African, Caribbean, Asian and Indigenous Heritage, 1561 to 1840
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/history-and-heritage/london-metropolitan-archives/about-lma/switching-the-lens-project
Recovering Blackness in The Uffizi Gallery , Florence - MY REVIEW
https://www.uffizi.it/en/online-exhibitions/on-being-present
> Video
The Metropolitan Museum
The Black Presence in Tudor England
The National Archive
Filling in the Blankes: The Life of a Black Tudor
> Audio
BBC Radio 3
John Blanke: We The Tudors, Ep2 of 10
Audible
Bonnie Greer, In Search of Black History, Audible, (2019),
The Metropolitan Museum
The Black Presence in Tudor England
The National Archive
Filling in the Blankes: The Life of a Black Tudor
> Audio
BBC Radio 3
John Blanke: We The Tudors, Ep2 of 10
Audible
Bonnie Greer, In Search of Black History, Audible, (2019),
Books
Earle T. F.& Lowe K. J. P. eds (2005) Black Africans in Renaissance Europe, Cambridge University Press
Fracchia, C. (2019) 'Black but Human' Slavery and Visual Arts in Hapsburg Spain, 1480-1700, OUP MY REVIEW
Hall, K.F. (1996) Things of Darkness: Economies of Race and Gender in Early Modern England , Cornell
Onyeka, (2019) England's Other Countrymen:Black Tudor Society ,ZED, Exeter
Otele, O (2020) African Europeans: A Untold Story, Hurst, Glasgow
Adi, H (ed) (2019) Black British History: New Perspectives, ZED
Das, N., Melo, J.V., Smith, H. and Working L. ( 2021) Keywords of Identity, Race, and Human Mobility in Early Modern England, Amsterdam University Press
Fracchia, C. (2019) 'Black but Human' Slavery and Visual Arts in Hapsburg Spain, 1480-1700, OUP MY REVIEW
Hall, K.F. (1996) Things of Darkness: Economies of Race and Gender in Early Modern England , Cornell
Onyeka, (2019) England's Other Countrymen:Black Tudor Society ,ZED, Exeter
Otele, O (2020) African Europeans: A Untold Story, Hurst, Glasgow
Adi, H (ed) (2019) Black British History: New Perspectives, ZED
Das, N., Melo, J.V., Smith, H. and Working L. ( 2021) Keywords of Identity, Race, and Human Mobility in Early Modern England, Amsterdam University Press