Episode 48
Sir Thomas More
Who was Thomas More - Knight, Chancellor and Martyr - regarded as both saint and persecutor, Humanist intellectual and bigoted zealot? His religious writings, with their, at times, violent attacks on what he regarded as heresy, have been hotly debated.
Not Just the Tudors · History Hit
September 30, 202139m 58s
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Show Notes
<p>Who was Thomas More - Knight, Chancellor and Martyr? His life is paradoxical, with More regarded as both saint and persecutor, Humanist intellectual and bigoted zealot. His religious writings, with their - at times - violent attacks on what he regarded as heresy, have been hotly debated. </p><br><p>In this edition of<em> Not Just the Tudors</em>, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb talks to Professor Tom Betteridge. In his work, he has placed Thomas More in a broader cultural context and argues for a revision to the existing histories of the man and his reputation.</p>
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