Art

…the House of Commons Painting by Vivian Forbes, 1927, St. Stephen’s Hall, English Parliament, London. ©The Palace of Westminster. View more commentary by clicking here. Thomas More at the Opening…

Who Are We?

…and the Gazette Thomas More, a newsletter published twice a year. We thank the Center for Thomas More Studies for hosting us on their website. Why should the 21st century…

Books to Buy

…order, with features including: modern spelling and punctuation; searchable e-book option; concise introductions and outlines for each text; ample glosses and explanatory notes; 100 illustrations; newly commissioned translations; a reconstructed…

Chronology

…to Henry, Erasmus dedicates his translation of Plutarch’s essay on flattery (36) 1514 Elected to Doctors’ Common; serves on sewers commission (37) 1515 Embassy to Bruges and Antwerp for commercial…

Concordance

…Body, CW 13 Treatise on the Passion, CW 13 Cumulative Works Cumulative Test Cumulative Concordance of More’s Latin Works Cumulative Concordance of More’s English Works Cumulative Concordance of More’s Complete…

Quotes

…us remember that the lightest of these arrows still has a heavy iron head. High as it may fly, therefore, it inevitably has to come down and hit the ground….

About Thomas More

…liberties of his country and for refusing to compromise his conscience. Coming from humble roots, Thomas More achieved spectacular professional success, and he attributed that success to the depth and…

Thomas More Family Portrait

…of the water-based painting that he had completed c. 1527. The water-based (“distempered”) original perished in a fire in 1752. The painting includes strong elements of Renaissance humanism combined with…

Writings

List of Thomas More’s Writings Download PDF c. 1496-1504 English Poems 1499-1535 Correspondence (Latin and English) c. 1500 Latin verses to Holt’s Lac Puerorum c. 1504 Letter to John Colet…