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Thomas More is commemorated by a stone plaque near St Katharine Docks, just east of the Tower where he was executed. The street in which it is situated was formerly called Nightingale Lane, a corruption of "Knighten Guild", derived from the original owners of the land. It is now renamed Thomas More Street in his honour. [182]
Utopia (Latin: Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia, [1] "A truly golden little book, not less beneficial than enjoyable, about how things should be in a state and about the new island Utopia") is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478–1535), written in Latin and published in 1516.
The Life of Thomas More. New York: Anchor, 1999; Bore, Isabella. Thomas More et Ie Grand Turc: variations sur le theme des invasions ottomanes Morcalla Vol. 48, 185-186. pp. 9–34. Lakowski, Romuald I. A Dialogue of Comfort in Tribulation. Ph.D. Diss. U of British Columbia, 1993. Lakowski, Romuald I. Sir Thomas More and the Art of Dialogue. Ph ...
The Thomas More Society is a conservative [1] [2] Roman Catholic [3] [4] public-interest law firm based in Chicago. [ 5 ] [ 3 ] The group has been engaged in many " culture war " issues, promoting its anti-abortion and anti-same-sex marriage beliefs through litigation. [ 5 ]
John Fisher was beatified by Pope Leo XIII with Thomas More and 52 other English Martyrs on 29 December 1886. In the Decree of Beatification, the greatest place was given to Fisher. He was canonised, with Thomas More, on 19 May 1935 by Pope Pius XI, after the presentation of a petition by English Catholics. [26]
Sir Thomas More is an Elizabethan play and a dramatic biography based on events in the life of the Catholic martyr Thomas More, who rose to become the Lord Chancellor of England during the reign of Henry VIII. The play is considered to be written by Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle and revised by several writers.
The Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More is the standard scholarly edition of the works of Thomas More, published by Yale University Press. [1] The first of the fifteen volumes to be published (volume 2) appeared in 1963, and the last (volume 1) in 1997.
Margaret More was the eldest child of Sir Thomas More and Joanna "Jane" Colt. Colt was the daughter of an Essex gentleman and died of unknown causes in 1511. [5] Margaret was most likely baptized at St. Stephen's Church, across the street from the Mores' family home.