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Saint Thomas More (7 February 1478 — 6 July 1535), was an English lawyer, author, and statesman and Catholic martyr. During his lifetime he earned a reputation as a leading humanist scholar and occupied many public offices, including that of Lord Chancellor from 1529 to 1532. He is recognised as having a major influence on developing equity as an additional legal system in English law. More coined the word "utopia", a name he gave to an ideal, imaginary island nation whose political system he described in a book published in 1516. The word utopia is a pun with two meanings, good place and no place. He is chiefly remembered for his principled refusal to accept King Henry VIII's claim to be the supreme head of the Church of England, a decision which ended his political career and led to his execution as a traitor.
In 1935, four hundred years after his death, More was canonized in the Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI, and was later declared the patron saint of statesmen, and lawyers. He shares his feast day, June 22 on the Catholic calendar of saints, with Saint John Fisher, the only Bishop during the English reformation to refuse to deny the Catholic faith and allegiance to the Pope. He was added to the Anglican Churches' calendar of saints in 1980.
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His Utopia - Profile of the quintessential Renaissance man and English humanist.
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the Renaissance - Unit from a course at Austin College. Lecture notes.
A Father for All Seasons - Essay on Thomas More as a model Christian father.
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A Kinder, Gentler Republic: The Effects of Plato's Republic on Thomas More's Utopia - An academic paper, by H. Solomon Poretsky.
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About Thomas More - Page for children tells about his life, and what he was like.
Bold Type: Peter Ackroyd - Excerpt from Ackroyd's biography of Sir Thomas More, and an interview of the author.
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Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Thomas More - Biographical article on the Lord Chancellor of England, and martyr. Beheaded 1535.
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Catholic Online: St. Thomas More - Biographical portrait of the martyr.
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Catholic Pages: St Thomas More - Short biographical sketch.
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Columbia Encyclopedia: More, Sir Thomas - Short biographical article.
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Encyclopædia Britannica: More, Sir Thomas - Lengthy biographical article on the Lord Chancellor and author. In the 11th edition (1911). Some scanner errors.
For All the Saints: Thomas More - Biographical sketch, with excerpts from More's writings.
Franciscan and Other Saints: St. Thomas More - Short, pious hagiography of the Third Order Franciscan.
Great Voyages: Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) - Part of a course at Oregon State University on the history of Western philosophy. Portrait of More, brief biography, timeline, links, bibliography.
Henry W. Targowski: Sir Thomas More - Timeline, links.
Ideas and Society, 1500-1700: Sir Thomas More - Portrait, short biography, photograph of a page from More's Dialogue on the Veneration and Worship of Images.
Kim Dyer: Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) - Short biography.
Mark P. Shea: St. Thomas More - More is proof that even lawyers can get to heaven.
Meeting Sir Thomas More - Winner of an essay contest for teens. John Griffin tells why, if he could travel through time to meet someone, it would be More.
Muriel Mirak-Wiessbach: St. Thomas More - Speech presented to a Schiller Institute conference. Delves into More's idea of law and his ideal of the king.
ory of Thomas More - Complete online text of the book by John Farrow. With portrait.
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Our Patron Saint - Profile of St. Thomas More.
Patron Saints Index: Thomas More - Illustrated profile, with links. Also a reading from a letter that More wrote to his beloved daughter Margaret while he was in prison.
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Proclaiming Saint Thomas More Patron of Statesmen and Politicians - Apostolic letter, issued motu proprio, by Pope John Paul II. Includes biographical information on the saint, lauded even in his own lifetime as a model of moral integrity and devotion to justice.
Saint Sir Thomas More - Essay on why this sixteenth-century statesman is a saint for our time.
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Saint Thomas More, Martyr, Chancellor of England - From the book Lives of Saints, published by John J. Crawley.
Sir Thomas More and His The History of King Richard III - From the Richard III Society, American Branch.
Sir Thomas More and the Art of Dialogue - Ph.D. dissertation by Romuald Ian Lakowski, analyzing the structures of four works by Sir Thomas More: The History of Richard III, the 'Dialogue of Counsel' in Book I of Utopia, The Dialogue Concerning Heresies, and The Dialogue of Comfort in Tribulation.
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church: Thomas More - Portrait, short biography.
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St. Thomas More Catholic Parish: Our Patron, St. Thomas More - Biographical sketch of their patron saint.
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The Facts About Thomas More - Bullet list. Suited to teenagers.
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The History Guide: Sir Thomas More, 1478-1535 - Portrait and short biography of the English statesman. Also, Erasmus's description of More.
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The Life of Sir Thomas More - By William Roper, More's son-in-law. 117K.
The Life of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) - Hypertext biography of the Renaissance English author and Catholic martyr. At Luminarium.
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The Man for All Seasons - A review of Peter Ackroyd's book The Life of Thomas More.
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The St. Thomas More Web Site - Links to texts, courses, biographies, organizations, and images.
The Trial of Sir Thomas More, 1535 - An online account of the trial and execution, from the World Wide Legal Information Association.
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Thomas More - Topics include educational societies and research functions related to More, and biographical material.
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Thomas More - A biography of the Lord Chancellor of England who was executed by Henry VIII for not signing the Oath of Succession
University of Surrey Catholic Society: Our Patron, St. Thomas More - Portrait, biographical profile, Prayer of St. Thomas More, links.
Utopia as Mirror for a Life and Times - Keynote speech by biographer Richard Marius from 1995 conference.
What Is Literature?: More, Sir Thomas - Brief biography.
What politicians can learn from Thomas More - Lessons from the life of a sixteenth-century lawyer.
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Who2: Sir Thomas More - Biographical profile.
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