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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D. C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (430 p.)
• Disciplina: 942.05/2/092; B
• Soggetto topico: Christian martyrs - England; Statesmen - Great Britain; Humanists - England
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History Henry VIII, 1509-1547 Biography; Great Britain Politics and government 1509-1547; England Intellectual life 16th century
• Altri autori: MoreThomas, Sir, Saint, <1478-1535.> WegemerGerard <1950-> SmithStephen W., Dr.
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: This Source Book brings together classic texts by and about Thomas More--poet, scholar, statesman, family man, educational reformer, philosopher, historian, and saint.
• Titolo autorizzato: A Thomas More source book
• ISBN: 0-8132-1632-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974566803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II