Nov 15, 2009

History of King Richard III | History of King Richard III

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Author: Thomas More
First Published: 1543
Type of Work: History
Time of Work: 1483
Setting: England
Principal Characters: Richard Plantagenet, Elizabeth, Duke of Buckingham
Genres: Nonfiction, History
Subjects: England or English people, Kings, queens, or royalty, Fifteenth century, Great Britain, Heads of state, Royal courts or courtiers, Tyrants or tyranny
Locales: England

About 1518, at the age of forty, Sir Thomas More stopped work on his HISTORY OF KING RICHARD III. This was the time when he was about to become a valuable member of the Council of Henry VIII, the beginning of a political career that would lead to his death and martyrdom in 1535. The work itself bears the mark of Thomas More the humanist scholar, rather than Sir Thomas the courtier or St. Thomas the martyr. Written in both English and Latin versions, presumably concurrently, the HISTORY was broken off at the speech of the Duke of Buckingham and Morton, Bishop of Ely, one...

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History of King Richard III | History of King Richard III

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