Medievalists.net » Thomas More http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 A Villain and a Monster – The Literary Portrait of Richard III by Thomas More and William Shakespeare http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/09/a-villain-and-a-monster-the-literary-portrait-of-richard-iii-by-thomas-more-and-william-shakespeare/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/09/a-villain-and-a-monster-the-literary-portrait-of-richard-iii-by-thomas-more-and-william-shakespeare/#comments Sun, 10 May 2015 02:58:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=58149 The process of vilification of Richard III started at the end of the fifteenth century, when a well-planned policy of Tudor propaganda was set in motion by Henry VII himself, who commissioned a series of historiographical writings, mainly aiming at the solidification of the newly founded dynasty.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/05/09/a-villain-and-a-monster-the-literary-portrait-of-richard-iii-by-thomas-more-and-william-shakespeare/feed/ 0 Connecting Theory and Practice: A Review of the Work of Five Early Contributors to the Ethics of Management http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/21/connecting-theory-and-practice-a-review-of-the-work-of-five-early-contributors-to-the-ethics-of-management/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/21/connecting-theory-and-practice-a-review-of-the-work-of-five-early-contributors-to-the-ethics-of-management/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:07:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43096 Boethius, Gregory the Great, Alfred the Great, Stephen Langton and Thomas More

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/21/connecting-theory-and-practice-a-review-of-the-work-of-five-early-contributors-to-the-ethics-of-management/feed/ 0 The Enduring Appeal of Richard III http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/the-enduring-appeal-of-richard-iii/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/the-enduring-appeal-of-richard-iii/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:44:22 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40484 It has indeed been confidently asserted that [Richard the 3d] killed his two Nephews & his Wife, but it has also been declared that he did not kill his two Nephews.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/04/14/the-enduring-appeal-of-richard-iii/feed/ 0 The Curious Career and Uncertain Past of Perkin Warbeck http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-curious-career-and-uncertain-past-of-perkin-warbeck/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-curious-career-and-uncertain-past-of-perkin-warbeck/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2012 08:34:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37674 Was Warbeck just another in a long line of pretenders to the throne of England, or did his appearance in Ireland in 1491 prove the innocence
of Richard III, whom most historians accuse of murdering his nephews, the Princes in the Tower?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/02/the-curious-career-and-uncertain-past-of-perkin-warbeck/feed/ 0 “Partners in the same”: Monastic Devotional Culture in Late Medieval English Literature http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/09/partners-in-the-same-monastic-devotional-culture-in-late-medieval-english-literature/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/09/partners-in-the-same-monastic-devotional-culture-in-late-medieval-english-literature/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2012 05:16:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35518 To understand this apparent incongruity, it is, I argue, necessary to interrogate more carefully the continuation of monastic literary culture and its gradual diffusion beyond the walls of the cloister.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/09/partners-in-the-same-monastic-devotional-culture-in-late-medieval-english-literature/feed/ 0 The Principled Resignation of Thomas More http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/15/the-principled-resignation-of-thomas-more/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/15/the-principled-resignation-of-thomas-more/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:43:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28607 More often referred to himself in a humble way that did not accurately reflect the incredible impact of his achievements both as a great common lawyer and as the greatest chancellor in the history of England.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/15/the-principled-resignation-of-thomas-more/feed/ 0 Thomas More’s History of King Richard III: Educating Citizens for Self-Government http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/01/thomas-more%e2%80%99s-history-of-king-richard-iii-educating-citizens-for-self-government/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/01/thomas-more%e2%80%99s-history-of-king-richard-iii-educating-citizens-for-self-government/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 00:33:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=20407 In his Historia Richardi Tertii, Thomas More does for England what Sallust did for Rome and what Thucydides had done for Greece.

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