Sir Thomas More`sBy Anastasia Kytsenko

Utopia

Saint Thomas More was an English lawyer, author, and statesman

Born 7 February 1478London, England

Died6 July

1535 (aged 57)London, England

Early life about Thomas More

Thomas More was born in Milk Street, London, son of Sir John More, a prominent judge.

He was educated at St Anthony's School in London.

More went on to study at Oxford under Thomas Linacre and William Grocyn.

During this time, he wrote comedies and studied Greek and Latin literature

Early political careerIn 1510, he appointed under-sheriff of London.

In 1 509, he elected bencher at Lincoln's Inn.

In 1504 he was elected to Parliament to represent Great Yarmouth and in 1510 to represent London.

Around 1494 More returned to London to study law, was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1496, and became a barrister in

1501.

Utopia (1516) - Thomas More

UTOPIA < OU-TOPOS Greek= No

Place

Thomas Mores first jokeUTOPIA < EU-TOPOS Greek

= Good Place

Sir Thomas More's Utopia

Utopia, which translates roughly as "no place" In Greek,

was published in 1516. The book played a key role in the Humanist awakening of the 16th century, which moved

away from Medieval otherworldliness toward Renaissance secularism.

UtopiaWritten in Latin, Utopia was

inspired by Plato's Republic and the accounts of explorers such as Amerigo Vespucci. It is also

largely based on the voyages of More himself, specifically to the

Netherlands.

Utopia

The term "Utopia" has come to mean an idyllic,

visionary Shang-ri-la type of community. However, when More derived the term from the Greek, it

literally meant "nowhere.

Sir Thomas More's Utopia

Much of More's book was extracted from and influenced by the Bible,

especially from the "Christian Humanists" biblical interpretations that formed a vanguard of social criticism in his

time.

Utopia

More yearned to change his world for the better. He saw that wanton greed and terrible poverty were often irrevocably bound to one another, and he argued vehemently for the closing of the separation between classes.

THE NOVEL: UTOPIA

No private ownership

Women and men work equally - agriculture for 2 yrs at a time and must learn one other

trade

6 hr working day, scholars rule

Households have 2 slaves each - slaves are criminals

Free medical care - euthanasia

Community meals

Tolerant of religions except atheism

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