Sir Thomas More
- 1478-1535
- Born February 7, 1478 the son of Sir John More who was a prominent judge Archbishop Morton
- Went to St Anthony's School in London
- We he was younger he served as a page in the household of Archbishop Morton
- At Oxford he studied Greek and Latin Literature while also writing comedies
- One of his first publications was a Latin translation of the biography of Pico della Mirandola from Latin to english in 1510
- went from being a barrister to a monk to being in parliament and getting married
- knighted in 1521
- Made speaker of the house of commons in 1525
- refused to recognize King Henry VIII divorce from from Katherine of Aragon in 1527
- His fall came quickly in spite of is notable work and resigned from his law work in 1532
- More's stance with the church was a big influence seeing that he did not believe in King Henry VIII being the head of the church of England or even the divergence from the Catholic church
- More did not attend the coronation of Anne Boleyn which angered the King in 1533
- More refused to swear to the Act of Succession and the Oath of Supremacy which landed him at Tower castle where he was beheaded on April 17, 1535
- Utopia was his most famous work of Literature
- Died a martyr to the Catholic church
- Canonized in 1935 by Pope Pious XI
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/morebio.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689c.htm
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/more.html
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