A Thomas More Source Book

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

• ISBN13: 9780813213767
• ISBN10: 0813213762
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
1. Earliest Accounts of Thomas More's Life
Erasmus on Thomas More, 1519	3	(13)
Roper's Life of Sir Thomas More, Knight, c. 1556	16	(50)
Munday & Shakespeare's Sir Thomas More, c. 1592	66	(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