“I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first”
— Sir Thomas More
By Frank Mitjans
Catholic University of America Press
A brand new book exploring the events that influenced Thomas More on finding his vocation.
Details
Published
31st March, 2023
Formats
Hardcover, eBook
ISBN
9780813236100
In the introduction to Translations of Lucian, More wrote that “of all learned men” Chrysostom was “the most Christian and – at least in [his] opinion – of all Christians the most learned.” It is worth considering how much they were in tune. Read more
Exhibition: The Northern Renaissance: Durer to Holbein, The Royal Collection, The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London Read more
An article I wrote on the ‘Date of Birth of Thomas More’ was published in the December 2010 issue of Moreana. I am grateful to the Editor, Read more
Since the discovery in 1868 of the memoranda written by Thomas More’s father, most scholars have held that More was born on 7 February 1478. Some, however, have considered the evidence to be problematic and argued for 7 February 1477 or 6 February 1478 instead. Read more
Frank Mitjans is an architect who has worked in London since 1976. He was introduced to the significance of the figure of St. Thomas More by Andrés Vázquez de Prada (1923-2005), author of the biography, Sir Tomás Moro, Lord Canciller de Inglaterra (Madrid, 1962). Read more