The Cambridge companion to Thomas More
- Publication/Creation:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- The Cambridge companion to Thomas More / edited by George M. Logan
- Series Titles:
- Cambridge companions to religion
Cambridge companions to religion.
- Related/Included Titles:
- Part I. Life, Times and Work: 1. The making of a London citizen Caroline M. Barron; --
2. Thomas More as humanist James McConica; --
3. More's rhetoric Elizabeth McCutcheon; --
4. More's public life Catherine Curtis; --
5. More and the heretics Richard Rex; --
6. The last years Peter Marshall; --
Part II. Five Major Works: 7. Reading Utopia Dominic Baker-Smith; --
8. More on tyranny: The History of King Richard the Third George M. Logan; --
9. A Dialogue concerning Heresies Eamon Duffy; --
10. 'In stede of harme inestimable good': A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation Andrew W. Taylor; --
11. The lessons of Gethsemane: De Tristitia Christi Katherine Gardiner Rodgers; --
Part III. Reception: --
12. Afterlives Anne Lake Prescott; Foundational resources for the study of Thomas More; Index.
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- Additional Author/Creators:
- Logan, George M., 1941-
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- More, Thomas,Saint,1478-1535
HenryVIII,King of England,1491-1547--Relations with humanists
Christian martyrs--England--Biography
Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography
Humanists--England--Biography
Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547--Biography
Great Britain--Politics and government--1509-1547
England--Intellectual life--16th century
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Part I. Life, Times and Work: 1. The making of a London citizen Caroline M. Barron; -- 2. Thomas More as humanist James McConica; -- 3. More's rhetoric Elizabeth McCutcheon; -- 4. More's public life Catherine Curtis; -- 5. More and the heretics Richard Rex; -- 6. The last years Peter Marshall; -- Part II. Five Major Works: 7. Reading Utopia Dominic Baker-Smith; -- 8. More on tyranny: The History of King Richard the Third George M. Logan; -- 9. A Dialogue concerning Heresies Eamon Duffy; -- 10. 'In stede of harme inestimable good': A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation Andrew W. Taylor; -- 11. The lessons of Gethsemane: De Tristitia Christi Katherine Gardiner Rodgers; -- Part III. Reception: -- 12. Afterlives Anne Lake Prescott; Foundational resources for the study of Thomas More; Index.
- Summary:
- "This Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to the life and work of a major figure of the modern world. Combining breadth of coverage with depth, the book opens with essays on More's family, early life and education, his literary humanism, virtuoso rhetoric, illustrious public career and ferocious opposition to emergent Protestantism, and his fall from power, incarceration, trial and execution. These chapters are followed by in-depth studies of five of More's major works - Utopia, The History of King Richard the Third, A Dialogue Concerning Heresies, A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation and De Tristitia Christi - and a final essay on the varied responses to the man and his writings in his own and subsequent centuries. The volume provides an accessible overview of this fascinating figure to students and other interested readers, whilst also presenting, and in many areas extending, the most important modern scholarship on him"--
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- xxv, 301 pages ; 24 cm.
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- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990017064190302486
- ISBN:
- 052188862X (hardback)
052171687X (pbk.)
9780521888622 (hardback)
9780521716871 (pbk.) - OCLC Number:
- 651916796
- Barcode:
- 010002503734
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