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A Thomas More source book / edited by Gerard B. Wegemer and Stephen W. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535.
- More, Thomas.
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547--Relations with humanists.
- Henry.
- Christian martyrs--England--Biography.
- Christian martyrs.
- Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- Humanists--England--Biography.
- Humanists.
- Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1509-1547.
- England--Intellectual life--16th century.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (430 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D. C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This Source Book brings together classic texts by and about Thomas More--poet, scholar, statesman, family man, educational reformer, philosopher, historian, and saint.
- Contents:
- 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 EducationLetter 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-379) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Contains:
- More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535. Selections.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1632-X
- OCLC:
- 646786255
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