Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
Contents:
Young Thomas More : why do peace and prosperity require arts of Humanitas? -- Fashioning peace and prosperity : what are the necessary arts? -- Cicero's and More's first citizens : how do they avoid faction and civil war? -- More's earliest views of Humanitas, Libertas, and Respublica, 1500-1506 -- More's Life of Pico della Mirandola (c. 1504-1507) : a model of Libertas and Humanitas? -- More's 1509 coronation ode : artful education of eighteen-year-old Henry VIII? -- Political poems of 1509-1516 : proposing self-government by sound deliberation -- Richard III, diagnosing the causes of England's plague of war -- Utopia : a model Respublica of peace, liberty, and self-government? -- The un-utopian Thomas More family portrait : an icon of Morean Humanitas? -- The arts of liberty : can peace and prosperity be fashioned by sound deliberation?
Summary:
"This book analyzes Thomas More's earliest thoughts on the statecraft needed to enhance liberty and peace in a culture favoring war. It includes a close study of his little-known works - his poetry, letters, Lucian translations, declamation on tyrannicide, coronation ode for Henry VIII, and life of Pico della Mirandola-as well as Richard III and Utopia"--Provided by publisher.
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