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Author:
Guy, J. A. (John Alexander)
Title:
A daughter's love : Thomas More and his dearest Meg / John Guy.
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
xiv, 378 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Roper, Margaret,--1505-1544.
More, Thomas,--Sir, Saint,--1478-1535.
Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547--Biography.
Women--Great Britain--History--16th century--Biography.
England--Intellectual life--16th century.
Christian martyrs--England--Biography.
Humanists--England--Biography.
Notes:
Originally published as: A daughter's love : Thomas & Margaret More. London : Fourth Estate, 2008. Map on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-364) and index.
Contents:
Margaret's world. A child is born -- Family matters -- Rites of passage -- Enter Alice -- A go between -- An absent father -- Coming of age -- Thomas's world. Speaking in tongues -- Speaking out -- The limits of reason -- Alternative utopias -- Convulsions in Christendom -- A utopias dilemma -- The ropers. Shifting sands -- Heaven in Chelsea -- 'Our father' -- The devil makes work -- Illusion of reality -- Thomas's challenge. 'Fate we must obey' -- Grappling with the devil -- The press of suitors -- Resignation -- Two against a tyrant. A knock at the door -- The heart of the matter -- Fighting back -- 'Merrily in heaven' -- Telling the story.
ISBN:
0618499156
9780618499151
LCCN:
2008034932
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)
ASPB046 -- Moravia Public Library (Moravia)

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