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Há 2 dias · Sir Thomas More PC (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532.
Há 4 dias · Kelly Marcum, June 22, 2023. “I die the King’s good servant, but God’s first.”. These are the famous words of St. Thomas More, spoken to the crowds moments before his public beheading on July 6, 1535, just two weeks after the execution of St. John Fisher with whom he shares his feast day.
Há 2 dias · Sir Thomas More, by Hans Holbein the Younger. In 1510, Erasmus arrived at More's bustling house, was confined to bed to recover from his recurrent illness, and wrote The Praise of Folly, which was to be a best-seller. More was at that time the undersheriff of the City of London.
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Há 1 dia · On this day in Tudor history, 16th May, Sir Thomas More resigned as Lord Chancellor; Archbishop Cranmer visited an imprisoned Queen Anne Boleyn; Mary, Queen of Scots, landed on English soil; and William Adams, the inspiration for Shōgun's John Blackthrone, died...
Há 3 dias · Lest he be accused of cowardice, it is worth remembering what exactly he was fleeing from. Heresy was punishable by a cruel death, preceded by torture. Chillingly, the sainted Sir Thomas More tormented his victims in the family kitchen - or rather he had others do it while he read the Bible.
Há 4 dias · Professor Tim Thornton’s new article, in the Oxford University Press journal Historical Research, provides important context for the notorious confession to the boys’ murder allegedly made by Sir James Tyrell in 1502, during the reign of the man who overthrew Richard III, King Henry VII.
