Renaissance Activity 1B Factsheet
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| SIR THOMAS MORE |
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*Participating in the humanist movement sweeping
England while he was a college student at Oxford,
he developed his knowledge of Latin and Greek as
he read the literature of antiquity. He considered a
career in the church but decided on a life in the world.
He became good friends with Erasmus and they
worked together translating Greek works into the
Latin and encouraging each other's literary
activities. His ability to serve as a detached observer
brought him an offer to serve in the court of King
Henry. He now felt he was serving two masters-the
king and God. He wrote the English criticisms
against Luther and Protestantism. When asked, he
told the King that he could not support his
proposed divorce from Catherine of Aragon and
resigned as chancellor. Convicted of treason for
refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he stood
trial and was beheaded.
Utopia describes an ideal society where everything is held in common. |
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"England's only genius." - Erasmus "The king's good servant, but God's first." |
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