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RATINGS: Sites are rated from 1 owl (good) to a high of 5 owls. Read more- Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas More was imprisoned in the Tower of London for refusing to acknowledge King Henry VIII as the head of the Church of England, and was eventually beheaded for treason. Get the scoop on everything else to know about this visionary writer and statesman at this attractive site. Find loads of links to pictures and other sites, and the essays about More are particularly helpful.
- Writings of St. Thomas More
Anticipate the shuffling of feet and the fact of meeting taunts — what does this bizarre string of words have to do with Sir Thomas More? He has been credited with introducing the words shuffle, feet, anticipation, meet, taunts and fact, along with many others, into the English language! Find out more about More on this site packed with writings by and about this linguistic pioneer.
The Humor of Sir Thomas More Though dice and gambling were outlawed in the house of Sir Thomas More, he kept a pet monkey and was known to encourage play-acting and joking in his home. Hit this site to find out how else this wild and crazy guy amused himself.
- Utopia and Counter Utopia
Sir Thomas More coined the term utopia with the writing of his novel of the same name. Derived from the Greek words "eutopia" meaning "good place" and "outopia" meaning "no place," the word has come to refer to visions of an ideal society. Learn more about the concept of utopia and see the visions of other authors on this cool-looking aggregation site, filled with links and pictures.
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland
In Sir Thomas More's ideal society conveyed in his novel Utopia, everyone would be versed in agriculture — there would be no lawyers. What have other authors writing about utopias imagined? In Herland, originally published in 1915, feminist writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman envisioned a society made up entirely of women! This novel resurfaced and became popular in the 1970s because of its insights into the condition of American women. Read Herland on this attractive World Wide School site.
- George Orwell
If the word "utopia" refers to a vision of an ideal society, what is a dystopia? In George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984 he envisioned a society that was anything but ideal: "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever." Learn more about this influential English author who questioned all "accepted" versions of history from his brief bio on this ThoughtCrimes site.
- Thomas More's Utopia: Digital Reconstruction
No book mites, tattered pages, or paper cuts here. This German university website is a bibliophile's dream: it features scanned images from the 1518 Basel edition of More's Utopia. Navigate the text by clicking on the arrows on either side of the image or jump to a specific page from the links in the left frame. Read More's work the way 16th-century readers did — in Latin and with fun illustrations. The website is in German, but the interface is easy enough for anyone to understand.
- Utopia by Thomas More
Page-turning hassles begone! Explore the specifics of More's ideal world by clicking and scrolling through this easy-to-read e-text of Utopia. From a 1901 English translation.
- Bold Type: Peter Ackroyd
Not many lawyers become saints, but Sir Thomas More is a rare exception. Read an excerpt from biographer Peter Ackroyd's recent work The Life of Thomas More to find out about the infamous trial that condemned More to death. This publisher's website also includes an interview with Ackroyd discussing his interest in this great figure from British history.
- Renaissance: What Inspired This Age of Balance and Order?
Learn more about More's world in this exploration of the Renaissance sponsored by Annenberg/CPB. Trace the evolution of the Renaissance frame of mind through succinct overviews of such areas as exploration, trade, art, and politics. Play spice trader or construct a perfectly proportioned spiral in the entertaining activities scattered throughout these pages. A fun and informative way to understand one of the great periods in world history.Become a Spice Trader Budding entrepreneurs, be sure to stop here. Brave pirate attacks and rough seas to make a profit trading the hottest commodity of the day: spices.
- Lectures on Modern European Intellectual History
Thinking caps required at this series of online lectures given by a professor at Florida State University. Follow centuries of European intellectual history by reading these comprehensive — but not overly academic — essays detailing the rise of humanism, secularism, reason, and science in modern thought. Lectures four through eight discuss the developments of the Renaissance, and set the intellectual stage for the contributions of Sir Thomas More. A very helpful resource.
Sir Thomas More's Utopia
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