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1. Earliest Accounts of Thomas More's Life
Erasmus on Thomas More, 1519
Roper’s Life of Sir Thomas More, Knight, c. 1556
Munday and Shakespeare's Sir Thomas
More, c. 1592
2. Writings on Love and Friendship
Contrasting Poems: "On
His First Love"; "Twelve
Properties of a Lover"; More's
Psalm on Detachment
Contrasting Letters: To John
Colet; To His
Children; To His
Wife; To Antonio Bonvisi
Plutarch's "How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend"; More's "On a False
Friend"
3. Writings on Education
Letter to William Gonell, the Teacher of More's Children
Letters to His Children
Letter to Oxford University
Conscience and Integrity
On Pride
Erasmus on More's Approach to Education
4. Writings on Government
On Dealing with Lions
Poems on the Human Condition and the Art of Governing
Other Poems on Politics
"Petition for Freedom of Speech" (1523)
More Defends the Liberty of the House: Roper's Account
On Private Property, Riches, and Poverty
On Law and Liberty
5. Writings on Religion
More's Conception of God
Private Judgment and God's Word
The Two Swords; Heresy and Just War
Defense of the Clergy
On the Condition of the Church and State in England
6. More's Last Days
Letter to Erasmus after Resigning as Lord Chancellor, June 1533
More's Account of His First Interrogation, April 1534
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Dialogue on Conscience, August 1534 PDF
Study Outline
"Tale of Mother Maud": On Conscience Again,
1534-1535
More's Interrogation of 2 May 1535
More's Final Interrogation, 3 June
1535
Trial and Execution:
The "Paris Newsletter's" Account
Last Words Before Execution, 6 July 1535
Appendices
Chronologies of Thomas More's Life and Writings
Maps: The Life and Travels of Thomas More
Roper's Life: A Study Outline
