Jerry Brotton is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London. He graduated with a BA in English from Sussex University, followed by an MA at Essex University in the Sociology of Literature. After that, he lived in East Berlin before returning to study for a PhD in early modern mapping at Queen Mary. He is a regular broadcaster and critic as well the author of Renaissance Bazaar: From the Silk Road to Michelangelo and the bestselling A History of the World in Twelve Maps, which has been translated into twelve languages. His newest book This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World shows that England’s relations with the Muslim world were far more extensive, and often more amicable, than has been appreciated.

Events participated in:

This Orient Isle: Allan Little talks to Renaissance Professor Jerry Brotton about his latest book, taking a tour of the cultural and political relationships between Elizabethan England & the Islamic World. (2016)

Globes of Traquair: Catherine Muller Stuart and Jerry Brotton explore Traquair’s historic globes. (2016)

From Ancient Greece to Google Earth: Listen as Professor Jerry Brotton explains the cultural values embodied in maps and the ways in which they continue to define and recreate the world. (2016)