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Interview Sir Thomas More
Interviewer: Sir Thomas More, could you please tell the committee, for the record where and when you where born?
Sir Thomas More: Certainly. I was born in Milk Street, London on February 7, 1478, I am the son of Sir John More, who made his living as a judge.
Could you enlighten us as to just how you were raised, so we may have a greater understanding of your present shortcomings, on the part of the king?
As I have said often, I am the kings good servant, but God's servant first. (Jokinen, 2004). I will of coarse please the committee with my humble history. I was a boy for only a short time, hardened by discipline and labor, though we lived in relative opulence with the grace of fine furnishings and a fine home (Chambers, 1958, pg. 91) the childhood is still...
Anthony's School in London and to page for the Archbishop Morton, who foresaw great things for me. I then studied at Oxford under the great Thomas Linacre and William Grocyn. During this time, I wrote comedies and studied Greek and Latin literature. One of my first works was an English translation of a Latin biography of the great Italian humanist Pico della Mirandola. You may have read it was printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1510.
After this time I returned to London and studied Law, I became a barrister in 1501 but would probably, in retrospect have preferred the life of a Monk, a world I visit often, for clarity and grace. (Jokinen,2004)
I: It is widely accepted, Sir that you are a man of many talents, not the least of which is…
I: It is widely accepted, Sir that you are a man of many talents, not the least of which is your prolific writings, but it is also clear that you espouse many progressive ideas of humanism. Why do you feel you have chosen to deny King Henry (VIII) your presence at the coronation of his Queen, Anne Boleyn, and your signature upon his divine decrees of Succession and Supremacy? (Jokinen, 2004)
TM: Sirs, I have honored the king in many ways, and his father before him as well. Yet, must draw the line at the absolution of the my motherland with the Papacy and the one true church. If the church be infallible, which I have often questioned or not, personal ambition and desire must not be the determination of an allegiance to faith. [audience gasps at the treasonous words of the great man] There is no guide within the words of Jesus, regardless of who interprets them that states a man should forsake his true legal wife and progeny because he would like to marry a younger woman, with more devious ambitions than even his own! On fornication my work Utopia expresses a clear expression of my inability to see the wisdom within the recent acts of my beloved King:
Their women are not married before eighteen, nor their men before two-and-twenty, and if any of them run into forbidden embraces before marriage they are severely punished, and the privilege of marriage is denied them, unless they can obtain a special warrant from the Prince. Such disorders cast a great reproach upon the master and mistress of the family in which they happen, for it is supposed that they have failed in their duty. The reason of punishing this so severely is, because they think that if they were not strictly restrained from
The moment when More acknowledges that "to be human at all perhaps we must stand fast a little, even at the risk of being heroes" is decisive in demonstrating that the character is well-acquainted with the risks that emerge as he goes through with supporting his thinking. More has little to no appreciation with regard to titles, as he believes that a person first needs to focus on his or
Sir Thomas More Thomas More was born in London on February 7, 1478 to a respected judge. He received a good education at St. Anthony's School in London. When he was in his teens, he served as a in Archbishop Morton's home. Morton predicted that More would become a "marvelous man." (Ackroyd, 1998) More attended college at Oxford University, where he wrote comedies and studied Greek literature. One of his very first
It is even see that by Wyatt's own administrations and verses of speech he was deemed disloyal to the crown and was sent to the tower himself, this is clearly illustrated in the final stanza, for it is not what is first believed to be the suffering of many but his suffering that has sent him to the tower. It must also be remembered that where there is art there will
However, he is not notably trying to influence anybody else into taking a similar stance on the issue. He is simply arguing his own position and, at the same time, is willing to accept any punishment that may come his way because of his perceptions. On the other hand, his refusal to sign the Act of Succession or the Act of Supremacy can also be seen as an act of
WOMEN AND FEMINISM IN SIR THOMAS MORE'S UTOPIA First published in 1516, Sir Thomas More's Utopia is considered as one of the most influential works of Western humanism. Through the first-person narrative of Raphael Hythloday, More's mysterious traveler, Utopia is described as a pagan communist city-state or polis governed by intellect and rationality. By addressing such issues as religious pluralism, women's rights, state-sponsored education, colonialism and justified warfare, the main protagonist
How can we expect to move forward if we are still stuck in the past, not only admitting to having participated in our dark past, but also wearing our past mistakes and discrimination on our sleeves as it were a badge of honor. It has long been said that if we cannot learn from our past, then we are doomed to repeat. But what if we refuse to acknowledge our