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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820658003321

Titolo

A Thomas More source book / / edited by Gerard B. Wegemer and Stephen W. Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D. C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2004

ISBN

0-8132-1632-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (430 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MoreThomas, Sir, Saint,  <1478-1535.>

WegemerGerard <1950->

SmithStephen W., Dr.

Disciplina

942.05/2/092

B

Soggetti

Christian martyrs - England

Statesmen - Great Britain

Humanists - England

Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Biography

Great Britain Politics and government 1509-1547

England Intellectual life 16th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-379) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.