Sir Thomas More, Catholic Saint of Statesmen and Politicians (1478-1535) was a lawyer, judge, author, and translator. One of the most fervent opponents of the (recently-established doctrine of) Protestantism in his day, More was an adviser to King Henry VIII (ultimately being executed for refusing to follow King Henry in abdicating from the Catholic Church).
More's reputation is divisive. While he was given sainthood by the Catholic Church (in 2000), he is considered by many to be a murderer and torturer due to his treatment of "heretics". He is also known as a major figure within the Humanist movement.
Life[]
More was born in 1478 to Sir John More (a lawyer). In his childhood, King Richard III ascended to the throne of England and More's future rival, Martin Luther, was born (both in 1483).
As More was attending the presitigious St. Anthony's School during the death of King Richard III at Bosworth Field. After leaving St. Anthony's, More was apprenticed to the future Cardinal John Morton - a devout believer in Humanism. Morton sent the then-teenaged More to Canterbury Hall university in the same year that Christopher Columbus first travelled to the New World.
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Writing style[]
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Notable works[]
- Utopia
- Responsio ad Lutherum
- The History of King Richard III
- A Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation
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Sources[]
- Wikipedia
- Chronologies in Three Early Modern Utopias
See also[]
- Erasmus
- Pico della Mirandola