The One Thomas More
By: Travis Curtright
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Published: July 31, 2013
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780813219950
Subjects: Law; Knowledge; Christian martyrs; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Humanists; English Authors; Religion; English Christian literature; Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern); Political and social views; Biography; Statesmen
Description: "Thomas More" the humanist.  "Sir Thomas More" the statesman.  "Saint Thomas More" the martyr.  Who was Thomas More?  Which characterization of him is most true?  Despite these multiple images and the problems of More's true identity, Travis Curtright uncovers a continuity of interests and, through interdisciplinary contexts, presents The One Thomas More.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: non sum Oedipus, sed Morus; title: Profitable learning and pietas: The life of Pico Della Mirandola, ca. 1505-1510; title: Humanist realism and The history of Richard III, ca. 1514-1518; title: Si moro credimus: the "Dialogue of counsel" in Utopia, ca. 1516; title: Humanism, heresy, and the one Thomas More, ca. 1523-1533; title: Inquisition, equity, and the "Battle of the books," ca.1532-1533; title: Conclusion: iconic Mores on trial.