Thomas More

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-7456-9216-6
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Reihe: Classic Thinkers series

Thomas More remains one of the most enigmatic thinkers in history, due in large part to the enduring mysteries surrounding his best-known work, Utopia. He has been variously thought of as a reformer and a conservative, a civic humanist and a devout Christian, a proto-communist and a monarchical absolutist. His work spans contemporary disciplines from history to politics to literature, and his ideas have variously been taken up by seventeenth-century reformers and nineteenth-century communists.

Through a comprehensive treatment of More's writing, from his earliest poetry to his reflections on suffering in the Tower of London, Joanne Paul engages with both the rich variety and some of the fundamental consistencies that run throughout More's works. In particular, Paul highlights More's concern with the destruction of what is held 'in common', whether it be in the commonwealth or in the body of the church. In so doing, she re-establishes More's place in the history of political thought, tracing the reception of his ideas to the present day.

Paul's book serves as an essential foundation for any student encountering More's writing for the first time, as well as providing an innovative reconsideration of the place of his works in the history of ideas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paul, Joanne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Geschichte der Politikwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vi

Abbreviations ix

Key Dates xi

Introduction: The Thought of Thomas More 1

1 Early Life, Education and Poetry 15

2 Utopia and ‘Common Things’ 29

3 Richard III and the Stage Play of Politics 60

4 The Common Corps of Christendom 83

5 Influence 116

Conclusion 141

Notes 146

References 158

Recommended Reading 169

Index 174

Über Autor(innen)

Joanne Paul is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Sussex.