The Cambridge companion to Thomas More

"This Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to the life and work of a major figure of the modern world. Combining breadth of coverage with depth, the book opens with essays on More's family, early life and education, his literary humanism, virtuoso rhetoric, illustrious public care...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Logan, George M., 1941- (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2011
Colección:Cambridge companions to religion
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  • Notes on contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; Chronology; Part I. Life, Times and Work: 1. The making of a London citizen Caroline M. Barron; 2. Thomas More as humanist James McConica; 3. More's rhetoric Elizabeth McCutcheon; 4. More's public life Catherine Curtis; 5. More and the heretics Richard Rex; 6. The last years Peter Marshall; Part II. Five Major Works: 7. Reading Utopia Dominic Baker-Smith; 8. More on tyranny: The History of King Richard the Third George M. Logan; 9. A Dialogue concerning Heresies Eamon Duffy; 10. 'In stede of harme inestimable good': A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation Andrew W. Taylor; 11. The lessons of Gethsemane: De Tristitia Christi Katherine Gardiner Rodgers; Part III. Reception: 12. Afterlives Anne Lake Prescott; Foundational resources for the study of Thomas More; Index.