A Thomas More Source Book.
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- text
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- 9780813216324
- More, Thomas, -- Sir, Saint, -- 1478-1535
- Henry -- VIII, -- King of England, -- 1491-1547 -- Relations with humanists
- Christian martyrs -- England -- Biography
- Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Humanists -- England -- Biography
- Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547 -- Biography
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1509-1547
- 942.052092
- DA334
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Earliest Accounts of Thomas More's Life -- Erasmus on Thomas More -- Roper's Life of Sir Thomas More, Knight -- Munday & -- Shakespeare's Sir Thomas More -- 2. Writings on Love and Friendship -- Contrasting Poems:"On His First Love" -- "Twelve Properties of a Lover" -- More's Psalm on Detachment -- Contrasting Letters: To John Colet -- To His Children -- To His Wife -- To Antonio Bonvisi -- Plutarch's "How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend" -- More's "On a False Friend" -- 3. Writings on Education -- Letter to William Gonell, the Teacher of More's Children -- Letters to His Children -- Letter to Oxford University -- Conscience and Integrity -- On Pride -- Erasmus on More's Approach to Education -- 4. Writings on Government -- On Dealing with Lions -- Poems on the Human Condition and the Art of Governing -- Other Poems on Politics -- "Petition for Freedom of Speech" (1523) -- More Defends the Liberty of the House: Roper's Account -- On Private Property, Riches, and Poverty -- On Law and Liberty -- 5. Writings on Religion -- More's Conception of God -- Private Judgment and God's Word -- The Two Swords -- Heresy and Just War -- Defense of the Clergy -- On the Condition of Church and State in England -- 6. More's Last Days -- Letter to Erasmus after Resigning as Lord Chancellor, June 1533 -- More's Account of His First Interrogation, 17 April 1534 -- A Dialogue on Conscience, August 1534 -- "Tale of Mother Maud": On Conscience Again, 1534-1535 -- More's Interrogation of 2 May 1535 -- More's Final Interrogation, 3 June 1535 -- Trial and Execution: Paris Newsletter's Account -- Last Words Before Execution, 6 July 1535 -- Appendices -- Chronologies of Thomas More's Life and Writings -- Maps: The Life and Travels of Thomas More -- Roper's Life: A Study Outline.
Works Cited -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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