Thomas More (1478–1535)
Autor von Utopia
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Born in London, the son of a judge, More became an important statesman and scholar. He was also one of the most eminent humanists of the Renaissance. Educated at Oxford, More became an under-sheriff of London and, later, a member of Parliament. Under King Henry VIII he served as Treasurer of the mehr anzeigen Exchequer, speaker of the House of Commons, and, finally, Lord Chancellor. More is probably best known for his Utopia, which was written in Latin (then the language of literary and intellectual Europe). It was translated into English in 1551. As the first part of this small masterpiece indicates, when More was weighing the offer to be an adviser to Henry VIII he was well aware of the compromises, bitterness, and frustration that such an office involved. In the second part, More develops his famous utopia---a Greek word punning on the meanings "a good place" and "no place"---a religious, communistic society where the common ownership of goods, obligatory work for everyone, and the regular life of all before the eyes of all ensure that one's baser nature will remain under control. Inspired by Plato's (see Vols. 3 and 4) Republic, More's Utopia became in turn the urbane legacy of the humanistic movement (in which More's friends were most notably Erasmus (see Vol. 4), John Colet, and William Grocyn) to succeeding ages. More also wrote a history, Richard III, which, if arguably the first instance of modern historiography in its attention to character and its departure from chronicle, is also, in its responsiveness to the Tudor polemic of divine rights, largely responsible for the notorious reputation of Richard as an evil ruler. More's refusal to recognize Henry VIII as Head of the Church led to a sentence of high treason. Imprisoned for more than a year, he was finally beheaded. Eventually, More was granted sainthood. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: Portrait by Hans Holbein, 1527,
Frick Collection, New York
(Yorck Project)
Frick Collection, New York
(Yorck Project)
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A Book for All Seasons: Readings for Every Day of the Year from the Works of Thomas More (1978) 15 Exemplare
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Conscience decides : letters and prayers from prison written between April 1534 and July 1535 (1971) 13 Exemplare
Thomas More's Prayer Book: A Facsimile Reproduction of the Annotated Pages (Elizabethan Club Series) (1969) 12 Exemplare
The Tower Works: Devotional Writings (Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St.Thomas More) (1980) 11 Exemplare
Delphi Collected Works of Sir Thomas More (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Nine Book 24) (2018) 8 Exemplare
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Utopia and the History of Edward V 6 Exemplare
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The Yale Edition of The Complete Works of St. Thomas More: Volume 11, The Answer to a Poisoned Book (1985) 5 Exemplare
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Sir Thomas More : Selections From His English Works and From the Lives by Erasmus & Roper 4 Exemplare
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The Utopia, Macmillan, Oxford, '95 2 Exemplare
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The Yale Edition of The Complete Works of St. Thomas More: Volume 3, Part 1, Translations of Lucian (1974) 2 Exemplare
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UTOPÍA 1 Exemplar
Utopia 1 Exemplar
A utopia - Coleção mestres pensadores 1 Exemplar
Utopia with the Dialogue of comfort 1 Exemplar
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Thomas More: Estadista e Filósofo da Utopia 1 Exemplar
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Utopía (Spanish Edition) 1 Exemplar
The Supplication of Souls 1 Exemplar
Utopía 1 Exemplar
Ein wahrhaft goldenes und ebenso heilsames wie erheiterndes Büchlein über den besten Staatszustand und über die neue… — Autor — 1 Exemplar
Epistolario 1 Exemplar
Palabras de Animación 1 Exemplar
Utopía 1 Exemplar
Lettera ad Antonio Bonvisi 1 Exemplar
Priere au Pere 1 Exemplar
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Utopia - eBook 1 Exemplar
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Os Pensadores - More 1 Exemplar
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Utopia (Short Story) 1 Exemplar
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Latin epigrams; edited with translations and notes by Leicester Bradner and Charles Arthur Lynch 1 Exemplar
Morus ad Craneveldium : litterae balduinianae novae = More to Cranevelt : new Baudouin letters (1997) 1 Exemplar
Utopías del renacimiento 1 Exemplar
Utopía 1 Exemplar
The supplication of souls 1 Exemplar
The Utopian World of Sir Thomas More 1 Exemplar
L'Utopie Illustree (French Edition) 1 Exemplar
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The Saint Thomas More Collection 1 Exemplar
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World Poetry: An Anthology of Verse from Antiquity to Our Time (1998) — Mitwirkender — 447 Exemplare
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English Renaissance Poetry: A Collection of Shorter Poems from Skelton to Jonson (1963) — Mitwirkender — 158 Exemplare
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The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume II Lenten Season and Easter Season) (1974) — Mitwirkender — 82 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- More, Thomas
- Andere Namen
- MORE, Saint Thomas
MORE, Sir Thomas
MORUS, Tomas - Geburtstag
- 1478-02-07
- Todestag
- 1535-07-06
- Begräbnisort
- Royal Chapel of St. Peter Ad Vincula, Tower of London, London, Grossbritannien
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Grossbritannien
- Land (für Karte)
- England, UK
- Geburtsort
- London, England, Grossbritannien
- Sterbeort
- Tower Hill, Stepney, London, England, Grossbritannien
- Todesursache
- executed
- Wohnorte
- London, England, UK
- Ausbildung
- Oxford University (1494)
New Inn
Lincoln’s Inn (1502)
St. Anthony's School, London, England, UK - Berufe
- lawyer
politician
Master of Requests
Under-treasurer of the Exchequer
Speaker of the House of Commons
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Zeige alle 7)
Lord Chancellor - Beziehungen
- Roper, William (son-in-law)
Lily, William (friend)
Roper, Margaret (daughter) - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Canonized (1935)
- Kurzbiographie
- Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, about the political system of an imaginary island state.
More opposed the Protestant Reformation, directing polemics against the theology of Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin and William Tyndale. More also opposed Henry VIII's separation from the Catholic Church, refusing to acknowledge Henry as supreme head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason and executed. On his execution, he was reported to have said: "I die the King's good servant, and God's first".
Pope Pius XI canonised More in 1935 as a martyr. Pope John Paul II in 2000 declared him the patron saint of statesmen and politicians. The Soviet Union in the early twentieth century honoured him for the purportedly communist attitude toward property rights in Utopia.
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Marius discusses the extend to which More’s own values are reflected in the Utopian society: interesting and unlimited food for thought.
This edition includes a Chronology of his times: of More’s life, the Artistic Context and Historical Events during his life-time: useful! More’s ‘Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation’, despite being announced on the cover, is not included!
Much is written about Utopia, so only this comment: In comparing the English society to the Utopian society in which money and private property are unknown, More lets Hythloday speak: “[Here]… the rich men, not only by private fraud but also by common laws, do every day pluck and snatch away from the poor some part of their daily living. … this their unjust dealing given the name of justice, yea, and that by force of a law.” Plus ça change …… (mehr)