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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)

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Vagamundo (1975) — Autor — 35 Exemplare
Selected letters (1961) 33 Exemplare
More's Utopia and its critics (1964) — Autor — 21 Exemplare
La agonía de Cristo (1989) 13 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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Utopia was published in Dec. 1516. The first English translation from the Latin by Ralph Robinson was published in 1551; it is this translation that is here (Everyman, Dent London1994) reprinted. At the time of writing (ca.1990 or earlier) the editor, the eminent historian Richard Marius, considers this the only English translation - besides the one by Paul Turner (Pinguin, 1964) - worth reading despite of its ancient English language and some shortcomings: Richard Marius lists some errors Robinson made. Most serious is Robinson’s conversion of the Utopian republic into a monarchy by assigning the title ‘king’ to the law-giver Utopus!

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 …
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