Saint Thomas Moore Autobiography

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  • Feb 7, 1478

    The Birth Of Saint Thomas Moore

    The Birth Of Saint Thomas Moore
    Saint Thomas More was born on Milk Street London England on Febuary 7 1478, Son of Sir John More.
  • Mar 14, 1494

    the education of Saint Thomas More

    the education of Saint Thomas More
    Saint Thomas More went on to study at Oxford univerThomas Linacre and William Grocyn. He wrote comedies and studied Greek and Latin literature. One of his first works was an English translation of a Latin biography of the Italian humanist Pico della Mirandola. It was printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1510.
    In 1494 More returned to London to study law, was enrolled in Lincoln's Inn in 1496, and became a barrister in 1501. Yet More did not follow in his father's footstep
  • Jan 1, 1505

    Saint Thomas More's First Act Of Parliment

    Saint Thomas More's First Act Of Parliment
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    One of More's first actions in Parliament had been to encourage a stop to a proposed tax for King Henry VII. Due to this the King had imprisoned More's father and not released him until a fine was paid and More had withdrawn from public attributes. After the death of the King in 1509, More became protesting again. In 1510, he was appointed one of the two undersheriffs of London.
  • Mar 14, 1505

    Saint Thomas More's Family life

    Saint Thomas More's Family life
    In 1505 Saint Thomas More married for the first time to a noble woman named Jane Colt. Throught their illustious marrige Jane Colt conceived 4 children. In 1511 she unfortunatly died at a young age while giving birth.Soon after Saint Thomas More marry a second time to a widow like him. Her name was Dame Alice.
  • Jan 1, 1510

    Saint Thomas More's Work Acheivements

    Saint Thomas More's Work Acheivements
    Saint Thomas More became a close friend with Desiderius Erasmus during first visit to England in 1499. It was the beginning of a lifelong friendship . They produced Latin translations of Lucian's works, printed at Paris in 1506, during Erasmus' second visit. On Erasmus' third visit, in 1509, he wrote Encomium Moriae, or Praise of Folly, (1509), he dedicating it to Saint Thomas More.
  • Mar 21, 1515

    The Friendship between Saint Thoms More and King Henery viii

    The Friendship between Saint Thoms More and King Henery viii
    Saint Thomas More attracted the attention of King Henry VIII. In 1515 he accompanied a representative of the king to Flanders to help clear disputes about the wool trade. More was also impacted severely in stoppnig a 1517 London protest against foreigners, Showed in the play Sir Thomas More, More guided the King and court to the Field of the Cloth of Gold. In 1518 he became a member of the Privy Council, and was knighted in 1521.
  • Mar 22, 1516

    Writings Of Saint Thomas More

    Writings Of Saint Thomas More
    More was influental writer and a few of his works remained in manuscript until after his death. Of all his writings the most famous is Utopia, it was first published at Louvain in 1516. The the book is about the deceptive travels of Raphael Hythlodaye, a mythical character, who in a adventure of a to America, was left behind near Cape Frio and then wandered on till he chanced upon the Island of Utopia in which he found an excellent constitution in operation.
  • Mar 21, 1532

    Displeasment of king henery viii

    Displeasment of king henery viii
    More's work in the law courts was not Famous. He resigned in 1532, because of ill health, but the real reason was because his disapproval of Henry's disagrements with the church. He refused to attend the coronation of Anne Boleyn in June 1533, a matter which aggravated the King's thoughts about Saint Thomas More.
  • Jul 6, 1535

    The Death Of Saint Thomas More

    The Death Of Saint Thomas More
    Act of Succession In April, 1534, More didnt agree to the law of marriage and was sentenced to the Tower of London on April 17. More was found guilty of treason and was beheaded alongside Bishop Fisher on July 6, 1535. Saint Thomas More's final words were: "The King's good servant, but God's First.

  • The Canonozation Of Saint Thomas More

    The Canonozation Of Saint Thomas More
    More was beatified in 1886 and canonized by the Catholic Church as a saint by Pope Pius XI in 1935.

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    http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14689c.htm
    This site was made by Marie Jutras and Kevin Knight for new advent. http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/morebio.htm
    Jokinen, Anniina. "The Life of Sir Thomas More." Luminarium.13 June 2009. http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=324
    The reference “CW” is to the relevant volume of the Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More (New Haven and London 1963–1997)