Sir Thomas Moore essays

Sir Thomas Moore essays Thomas More was born on February 7,1478 in Milk Street, London. He attended school at St Anthony's School in London. When he was young he was a page for Archbishop Morton who predicted he would be a "marvelous man.". He then went on to study at Oxford under Thomas Linacre along with William Grocyn. He wrote comedies and studied Greek and Latin literature. One of his first things that he wrote was an English translation of a Latin biography of the Italian Pico Della Mirandolla. Around 1494 More returned to London to study law, was admitted to Lincolns Inn in 1496, and became a barrister in 1501. More did not follow in his father's footsteps. He couldnt decide between a monastic calling and a life of civil service. While at Lincoln's Inn, he was determined to become a monk and learned the discipline of the Carthusians, living at a nearby monastery and taking part of the monastic life. The prayer and fasting habits stayed with him for the rest of his life. His desire was finally overcome by his sense of duty to serve his country in the field of politics. He entered Parliament in 1504, and married for the first time in 1504 or 1505. More became a close friend with Desiderus Erasmus.. They produced Latin translations of Lucian's works, printed at Paris in 1506, during Erasmus' second visit. On Erasmus' third visit, in 1509, he wrote Encomium Moriae also known as Praise of Folly, (1509), and dedicated it to More. More was soon married again, to Dame Alice. More attracted the attention of King Henry VIII. In 1515 he accompanied a delegation to Flanders to help clear disputes about the wool trade. Utopia opens with a reference to this certain dispute. More was also accountable for the 1517 London uprising against foreigners, portrayed in the play Sir Thomas More, possibly by Shakespeare. More went with the King and court to the Field of the Cloth of Gold. In 1518 he became a member of the Privy Counc ...