The Life and Letters of Sir Thomas More
Author : Agnes M. Stewart
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Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,68 MB
Release : 1876
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Author : Agnes M. Stewart
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Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,68 MB
Release : 1876
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Author : Agnes M. Stewart
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Page : 365 pages
File Size : 16,13 MB
Release : 1981-05
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ISBN : 9780899844152
Author : Saint Thomas More
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 24,4 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802843944
Written from the Tower of London, these letters of Thomas More still speak powerfully today. The story of Thomas More, recently told in Peter Ackroyd's bestselling biography, is well known. In the spring of 1534, Thomas More was taken to the Tower of London, and after fourteen months in prison, the brilliant author of Utopia, friend of Erasmus and the humanities, and former Lord Chancellor of England was beheaded on Tower Hill. Yet More wrote some of his best works as a prisoner, including a set of historically and religiously important letters. The Last Letters of Thomas More is a superb new edition of More's prison correspondence, introduced and fully annotated for contemporary readers by Alvaro de Silva. Based on the critical edition of More's correspondence, this volume begins with letters penned by More to Cromwell and Henry VIII in February 1534 and ends with More's last words to his daughter, Margaret Roper, on the eve of his execution. More writes on a host of topics-prayer and penance, the right use of riches and power, the joys of heaven, psychological depression and suicidal temptations, the moral compromises of those who imprisoned him, and much more. This volume not only records the clarity of More's conscience and his readiness to die for the integrity of his religious faith, but it also throws light on the literary works that More wrote during the same period and on the religious and political conditions of Tudor England.
Author : Agnes M. Stewart
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Page : 414 pages
File Size : 41,65 MB
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780371146927
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Author : Stephen Smith
Publisher : Scepter Publishers
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 24,87 MB
Release : 2017-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1594172943
For the first time in forty years, the selected letters of St. Thomas More—son, husband, father, friend, statesman and martyr—are now available in this newly edited volume for the contemporary reader. Moving from the days of his youth to the startling drama of his final years, this collection serves as a “life in letters” and offers the reader fresh insight into More’s education, formation, and character, visible both in season and out of season, in little matters as well as great controversies. The first English writer to use the word “integrity,” More struggled to live as well as he wrote, with personal virtue, solid piety, and a well-formed conscience. These letters reflect all the facets of his humanity and personality, and through them, one may begin to glimpse the living face of this famous “man for all seasons,” as he was known even in his own time. In addition to the letters from Thomas More, the book offers introductory notes on the family members, friends, and other historical figures relevant to his life’s history.
Author : William Roper
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Page : pages
File Size : 15,40 MB
Release : 1817
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Author : Saint Thomas More
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Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,78 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Christian saints
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Author : William Roper
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Page : 210 pages
File Size : 12,13 MB
Release : 1731
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Author : William ROPER (Son-in-law of Sir Thomas More.)
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Page : 12 pages
File Size : 19,84 MB
Release : 1822
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Author : William Roper
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 16,25 MB
Release : 2019-04-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8027303702
Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He was also a councilor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to 16 May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, about the political system of an imaginary, ideal island nation. Content: "Sir Thomas More" by Henri Brémond "The Life of Thomas More" by William Roper Collected Letters of Thomas More