The Life of Thomas More

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Brémond, Henri (1904) – Le Bienheureux Thomas More 1478–1535 (1904) as Sir Thomas More (1913) translated by Henry Child; Erasmus to Ulrich von Hutten" (PDF). The Center for Thomas More Studies. Biographical Accounts: Erasmus' Letters about More. The Essential Works of Thomas More – The Center for Thomas More Studies at the University of Dallas Wood, James (2010). The Broken Estate: Essays on Literature and Belief. New York: Picador. p.15. ISBN 978-0-312-42956-0.

Patron Saints Index entry – Saint Thomas More biography, prayers, quotes, Catholic devotions to him. Gury, Jacques (1987). "The Image of Thomas More in the Age of Enlightenment". XVII-XVIII. Revue de la Société d'études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. 24 (1): 53–61. doi: 10.3406/xvii.1987.1353. The execution took place on 6 July 1535 at Tower Hill. When he came to mount the steps to the scaffold, its frame seeming so weak that it might collapse, [95] [96] More is widely quoted as saying (to one of the officials): "I pray you, master Lieutenant, see me safe up and [for] my coming down, let me shift for my self"; [97] while on the scaffold he declared "that he died the king's good servant, and God's first." Theologian Scott W. Hahn notes that the widely misquoted " but God's first" is a line from Robert Bolt's popular stage play A Man For All Seasons, which differs from his actual words. [98] [note 18] After More had finished reciting the Miserere while kneeling, [99] [100] the executioner reportedly begged his pardon, then More rose up merrily, kissed him and gave him forgiveness. [101] [102] [103] [104] Relics [ edit ] Thomas More's grave, St Peter ad Vincula Sir Thomas More family's vault Serious analysis precludes the repetition of protestant stories that Sir Thomas flogged heretics against a tree in his garden at Chelsea. It must exclude, too, the accusations of illegal imprisonment made against More by John Field and Thomas Phillips. Much vaunted by J.A. Froude, such charges are unsupported by independent proof. More indeed answered them in his Apology with emphatic denial. None has ever been substantiated, and we may hope that they were all untrue." Guy, John; More, Thomas (1980). The public career of Sir Thomas More. Brighton, Sussex: Harvester Pr. ISBN 085527963X.Basset, Bernard, SJ (1965). Born for Friendship: The Spirit of Sir Thomas More. London: Burns & Oates. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) a b Pattison, Mark (1911). "More, Sir Thomas". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol.18 (11thed.). Cambridge University Press. p.824. Simon Caldwell (21 November 2016). "St. Thomas More's hair shirt now enshrined for public veneration". Catholic Telegraph.

Before More, English Lord Chancellors tended to be clerics (with a role as Keeper of the King's Conscience); from More on, they tended to be lawyers. [156] Curtright, Travis (2012). The One Thomas More. Catholic University of America Press. doi: 10.2307/j.ctt284wpm. ISBN 978-0-8132-1995-0. JSTOR j.ctt284wpm . Retrieved 29 July 2023.Gneist, Rudolph (1886). The History of the English Constitution[ Englische Verfassungsgeschichte]. Vol.2. Translated by Ashworth, Philip. London: William Clowes. p.178.