Utopia
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Latin |
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London ; New York :
Penguin Books,
2003.
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| Edition: | Reissued with new and updated editorial material. |
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| Physical Description: | xxviii, 135 p. ; 20 cm. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0140449108 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: | Thomas More was born a Londoner in 1477 or 1478. He served as a page, then studied at Oxford, was called to the bar and subsequently had a highly successful career in the City. Sent on an embassy to Flanders in 1515, he began Utopia there and completed it back in London. From 1528 he actively resisted innovation in religious matters and clashed with Henry VIII over his break with the Church. In July 1535, after he refused to accept the royal supremacy over the church, he was tried as a traitor at Westminster Hall and beheaded on Tower Hill. He was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1935. |
