Tunis-born and London-migrated, she was something the period had no ready category for.

In 'The Renegado', the control of Muslim women is a site for constructing European racial, masculine superiority in contrast to perceived Muslim inferiority.

An insight into the role of eunuchs show that the power they yielded in their role was often overlooked.

Moorish maidservants on the early modern stage are almost invariably depicted as evil, lustful, and promiscuous.

English traders were well aware that merchants in Guinea desired ‘East Indies stuff’: fabrics for which African gold and ivory were exchanged

This post wants to highlight the role of medieval Italians, particularly the Genoese, in trade and what can be revealed about African markets.