A Thomas More Source Book

, by Wegemer, Gerard B.; Smith, Stephen W.

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ISBN: 9780813213767 | 0813213762
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 8/1/2004

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Supplemental Materials

List of Illustrations

vii

Acknowledgments

Introduction

xiii

1. Earliest Accounts of Thomas More's Life

Erasmus on Thomas More, 1519

(13)

Roper's Life of Sir Thomas More, Knight, c. 1556

(50)

Munday & Shakespeare's Sir Thomas More, c. 1592

(95)

2. Writings on Love and Friendship

Contrasting Poems: ``On His First Love''; ``Twelve Properties of a Lover''; More's Psalm on Detachment

161

(14)

Contrasting Letters: To John Colet; To His Children; To His Wife; To Antonio Bonvisi

175

(10)

Plutarch's ``How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend''; More's ``On a False Friend''

185

(12)

3. Writings on Education

Letter to William Gonell, the Teacher of More's Children

197

(4)

Letters to His Children

201

(3)

Letter to Oxford University

204

(8)

Conscience and Integrity

212

(3)

On Pride

215

(6)

Erasmus on More's Approach to Education

221

(10)

4. Writings on Government

On Dealing with Lions

231

(2)

Poems on the Human Condition and the Art of Governing

233

(2)

Other Poems on Politics

235

(5)

``Petition for Freedom of Speech'' (1523)

240

(3)

More Defends the Liberty of the House: Roper's Account

243

(3)

On Private Property, Riches, and Poverty

246

(7)

On Law and Liberty

253

(8)

5. Writings on Religion

More's Conception of God

261

(9)

Private Judgment and God's Word

270

(11)

The Two Swords; Heresy and Just War

281

(10)

Defense of the Clergy

291

(8)

On the Condition of Church and State in England

299

(6)

6. More's Last Days

Letter to Erasmus after Resigning as Lord Chancellor, June 1533

305

(6)

More's Account of His First Interrogation, 17 April 1534

311

(5)

A Dialogue on Conscience, August 1534

316

(20)

``Tale of Mother Maud'': On Conscience Again, 1534--1535

336

(7)

More's Interrogation of 2 May 1535

343

(4)

More's Final Interrogation, 3 June 1535

347

(5)

Trial and Execution: Paris Newsletter's Account

352

(5)

Last Words Before Execution, 6 July 1535

357

(18)

Appendices

Chronologies of Thomas More's Life and Writings

361

(5)

Maps: The Life and Travels of Thomas More

366

(6)

Roper's Life: A Study Outline

372

(3)

Works Cited

375

(6)

Index

381

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