Black Africans in Renaissance Europe - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521176603 ISBN 13: 9780521176606

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Leading experts from the disciplines of history, literature, art history and anthropology examine black African experiences and representations from 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 Renaissance ideas and conditions.

About this title

Book Description:

This is a highly original exploration of the black African presence in Renaissance Europe. Leading experts from the disciplines of history, literature, art history and anthropology examine Black African experiences and representations from 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 Renaissance ideas and conditions.

About the Author:

T. F. Earle is King John II Professor of Portuguese Studies at the University of Oxford.

K. J. P. Lowe is Professor of Renaissance History and Culture at Queen Mary, University of London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0521176603
• ISBN 13: 9780521176606
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 436
• Editor: Earle T. F., Lowe K. J. P.