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Information on Sir Thomas More, lawyer, author, and saint.

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• Patron Saints Index: Thomas More - Illustrated profile, with links. Also a reading from a letter that More wrote to his beloved daughter Margaret while he was in prison.
  
• Proclaiming Saint Thomas More Patron of Statesmen and Politicians - Apostolic letter, issued motu proprio, by Pope John Paul II. Includes biographical information on the saint, lauded even in his own lifetime as a model of moral integrity and devotion to justice.
  
• The Man for All Seasons - A review of Peter Ackroyd's book "The Life of Thomas More."
  
• Meeting Sir Thomas More - Winner of an essay contest for teens. John Griffin tells why, if he could travel through time to meet someone, it would be More.
  
• Catholic Pages: St Thomas More - Short biographical sketch.
  
• Mark P. Shea: St. Thomas More - More is proof that even lawyers can get to heaven.
  
• Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Thomas More - Biographical article on the Lord Chancellor of England, and martyr. Beheaded 1535.
  
• Sir Thomas More and the Art of Dialogue - Ph.D. dissertation by Romuald Ian Lakowski, analyzing the structures of four works by Sir Thomas More: The History of Richard III, the 'Dialogue of Counsel' in Book I of Utopia, The Dialogue Concerning Heresies, and The Dialogue of Comfort in Tribulation.
  
• Henry W. Targowski: Sir Thomas More - Timeline, links.
  
• Saint Thomas More, Martyr, Chancellor of England - From the book "Lives of Saints," published by John J. Crawley.
  
• Muriel Mirak-Wiessbach: St. Thomas More - Speech presented to a Schiller Institute conference. Delves into More's idea of law and his ideal of the king.
  
• Sir Thomas More and His The History of King Richard III - From the Richard III Society, American Branch.
  
• Who2: Sir Thomas More - Biographical profile.
  
• A Father for All Seasons - Essay on Thomas More as a model Christian father.
  
• Our Patron Saint - Profile of St. Thomas More.
  
• Columbia Encyclopedia: More, Sir Thomas - Short biographical article.
  
• Utopia as Mirror for a Life and Times - Keynote speech by biographer Richard Marius from 1995 conference.
  
• St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church: Thomas More - Portrait, short biography.
  
• Bold Type: Peter Ackroyd - Excerpt from Ackroyd's biography of Sir Thomas More, and an interview of the author.
  
• University of Surrey Catholic Society: Our Patron, St. Thomas More - Portrait, biographical profile, "Prayer of St. Thomas More," links.
  
• Encyclopædia Britannica: More, Sir Thomas - Lengthy biographical article on the Lord Chancellor and author. In the 11th edition (1911). Some scanner errors.
  
• Franciscan and Other Saints: St. Thomas More - Short, pious hagiography of the Third Order Franciscan.
  
• Catholic Online: St. Thomas More - Biographical portrait of the martyr.
  
• The Life of Sir Thomas More - By William Roper, More's son-in-law. 117K.
  
• The History Guide: Sir Thomas More, 1478-1535 - Portrait and short biography of the English statesman. Also Erasmus's description.
  
• What politicians can learn from Thomas More - Lessons from the life of a sixteenth-century lawyer.
  
• Saint Sir Thomas More - Essay on why this sixteenth-century statesman is a saint for our time.
  
• The St. Thomas More Web Site - Links to texts, courses, biographies, organizations, and images.
  
• Kim Dyer: Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) - Short biography.
  
• The Story of Thomas More - Complete online text of the book by John Farrow. With portrait.
  
• Great Voyages: Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) - Part of a course at Oregon State University on the history of Western philosophy. Portrait of More, brief biography, timeline, links, bibliography.
  
• St. Thomas More Catholic Parish: Our Patron, St. Thomas More - Biographical sketch of their patron saint.
  
• What Is Literature?: More, Sir Thomas - Brief biography.
  
• The Life of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) - Hypertext biography of the Renaissance English author and Catholic martyr. At Luminarium.
  
  

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