Sir Thomas More
Subtitle: His Life And Times, Illustrated From His Own Writings, And From Contemporary Documents by W. Jos. Walter, late of St. Edmund's College.
Publisher: C. Dolman
Published: 1840
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Description: 2nd Edition.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: 1480-1501. AETAT. 28.; title: More's Youth — Education — Study of the Law — Marriage 1; title: CHAPTER II.; title: 1508-1517. AETAT. 36.; title: More Under-sheriff of London — Ambassador to Flanders — Knighted and accepts Office 17; title: CHAPTER III.; title: 1512—1517. AETAT. 36.; title: More in the bosom of his Family 39; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: 1517—1526. AETAT. 43.; title: More at Court — Quells a popular tumult — Is made Treasurer of the Exchequer — Defends Henry against Luther — Made Speaker of the House of Commons 65; title: CHAPTER V.; title: 1525-1529. AETAT. 50.; title: The Divorce — The Mission to France — More as a Controversialist — The Epidemic of 1528 — Embassy to the Netherlands 105; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: 1529—1532. AETAT. 53.; title: Progress of the Divorce — Wolsey's disgrace — More made Chancellor — Rise of Crumwell — More resigns the Chancellorship — Lord Audley Chancellor 138; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: 1532—1534. AETAT. 54.; title: More in his retirement — New domestic arrangements — His poverty — Offering of the Bishops — Accusation and Apology — Cranmer — Marriage of Henry and Anne Boleyn — The Nun of Kent — Bishop Fisher — More accused of Misprision of Treason — Statutes of Succession and Allegiance — More refuses the Oath - Committed to the Tower 189; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: 1534-1535. AETAT. 55.; title: More in the Tower — Project of his Daughter Margaret — Correspondence of Mrs. Alington and Margaret — Private Examinations of More in the Tower — His Trial — Defence — Reply to Rich — His Sentence — Interrogatories put to him after his Trial — His Execution 240; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: Opinions respecting More 358; title: APPENDIX.; title: Queen Catharine and King Henry to Cardinal Wolsey — a joint letter (1574) 377; title: More's Epitaph, composed by himself 378; title: More's Letter to Cromwell 382; title: Henry VIII 394; title: Dr. Wilson (Extract from) 397