Thomas More : a biography / by Richard Marius
1984, First Edition. London : Dent. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #288447
ISBN: 0460046373
Physical description; [543] p. : ill, ports. Contents; The beginnings -- From early life to the Inns of Court -- Priesthood or marriage? -- Public career to 1515 -- Thomas More and the Renaissance -- More and Erasmus -- The history of King Richard III -- The Richard Hunne affair -- Church and state in More's career -- The building of Utopia -- Utopia's religion and Thomas More's faith -- Utopia: Concluding postscript -- Thomas More, royal councillor -- Household, family, and private life -- More, Erasmus, and the green years, 1516-21 -- The Greek New Testament -- Luther and the Protestant Reformation -- Thomas More, Theological councillor -- The four last things: death and dying -- The Reformation continues -- William Tyndale: the coming of the Reformation to England -- Public defender of the faith -- Elevation to Lord Chancellor -- Lord Chancellor and King -- Thomas More and the heretics -- Defeat and departure -- Last months of freedom -- More in prison -- The last days. Subjects; More, Thomas Saint (1478-1535). More, Sir Thomas, (1478-1535), Knight. Lord Chancellor. Statesmen ; Biography Great Britain. Christian saints ; Biography England. Statesmen Great Britain Biography. Christian saints England Biography. Statesmen England Biography. Christian martyrs England ; Biography. Humanists England ; Biography. Christian saints England ; Biography. Great Britain History Henry VIII, (1509-1547) Biography. England More Sir Thomas Saint, (1478-1535) Biographies. Sir Saint - Biographies. Tudor England. politics and government. church and state. biographies. Genres; Biographies. Biography. History. Illustrated.
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