Thomas More : a life / Joanne Paul.
| Author/creator | Paul, Joanne author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
| Publication | New York : Pegasus Books, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xix, 604 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Prologue: to have ever fore mine eye my death -- Childhood, 1478-1499. A family not famous, but honourable ; In play is all my mind ; These hateful books all ; Prudence in human affairs ; Putting of cases -- Manhood, 1499-1518. Most glorious is the city of God ; Fortune's household ; Heavy gold chains ; The ship in a storm ; Where all things are common ; The play in hand -- Age, 1518-1532. Death is the mother of peace ; As the flame is next to the smoke ; An unshaken consensus ; The fire ever creepeth forward ; The court of conscience -- Death, 1532-1535. The very kingdom of the devil ; This my tempesuous time ; The dreadful mighty messenger of God ; Make death no stranger to me -- Epilogue: thine holy mystical body. |
| Abstract | "Born into the era of the Wars of the Roses, educated during the European Renaissance, rising to become Chancellor of England, and ultimately destroyed by Henry VIII, Thomas More was one of the most famous--and notorious--figures in English history. Was he a saintly scholar, the visionary author of Utopia, and an inspiration for statesmen and intellectuals even today? Or was he the cruel zealot famously portrayed in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall? Thomas More: A Life is a monumental biography of this hypnotic, flawed figure. Overturning prior interpretations of this titan of the sixteenth century, Joanne Paul shows Thomas More to have been intellectually and politically central to the making of modern Europe. Based on new archival discoveries and drawing on more than a decade of research into More's life and work, this is a richly told story of faith and politics that illuminates a man who, more than four hundred years after his execution, remains one of the most brilliant minds of the Renaissance."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-584) and index. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| ISBN | 9781639368792 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1639368795 (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | DA334 .M8 P38 2025 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |