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The Life of Sir Thomas More

Including Personal Correspondence

Henri Brémond, William Roper

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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

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Tudor England politics, Renaissance humanist biography, 16th century England, Henry VIII advisors, councilor to king biography, philosophical fiction classics, historical legal figures, English Catholic martyrs, Utopian societies discourse, moral philosophy writings