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  1. 1 day ago · The idea that Thomas More emerged from such a well-connected milieu, in the shadow of the Guildhall no less, is tempting, especially given his later connections to the Mercers, city government and local parishes. It may have been simple error, an assumption by later biographers that Thomas More was born where his father lived out his life.

  2. 3 days ago · [6] From William Roper’s Life of Sir Thomas More (1626); quoted in Hollis, 237. [7] Hollis, p. 239 [8] Hilaire Belloc, “Lines to a Don”. [9] Ward, ed., The English Way, 221. The featured image is a portrait of Sir Thomas More and Bishop John Fisher (1600s), and is in the public domain, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

  3. 4 days ago · Who is Thomas Moore Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist celebrated for his Irish Melodies. Their setting of English-language verse to old Irish tunes marked the transition in popular Irish culture from Irish to English.

  4. 2 days ago · It was June 22, the feast day of Sts. Thomas More and John Fisher. I was expected at the Tower of London. More importantly, I was due to attend Holy Mass in the cell where Thomas More had been held prisoner before his martyrdom. Throughout my journey there, I was counting the stops, estimating the time it would take between each one until the ...

  5. 2 days ago · FIRST VISIT. 1832. As St. Jerome who died some ages ago, Was sitting one day in the shades below, "I've heard much of English bishops," quoth he, "And shall now take a trip to earth to see "How far they agree in their lives and ways "With our good old bishops of ancient days."

  6. 4 days ago · Thomas More: 1 n English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state Synonyms: More , Sir Thomas More Example of: national leader , solon , statesman a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs author , writer ...

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    1 day ago · : s1.7.4 He spoke more freely about this matter in letters sent to his friends like Thomas More, Beatus Rhenanus and Adrianus Barlandus: a particular target of his criticisms was the Emperor Maximilian I, whom Erasmus blamed for allegedly preventing the Netherlands from signing a peace treaty with Guelders and other schemes to cause wars in ...

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