Thomas More I Utopia I Thomas More Biography

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lived from 1478 to 1535 and now let's see his life so some points related to his life so he was an english lawyer scholar writer member of parliament and chancellor at the reign of henry the eighth so he was chancellor in the reign of henry the eighth so he was in plenty so he holded many uh diplomatic as well as politically important uh sports and politically important positions in his life more than a writer he was in plenty he was a lawyer he was a scholar he was writer member of parliament and chancellor in the reign of or during the reign of henry the eighth and he was born in a place known as milk street which is there in london and when he was only 13 years old he was placed in the household of gardener morton archbishop of canterbury and lord chancellor so he when he was 13 years old he was placed in the household of gardener morton uh who is actually who was archbishop of canterbury and lord chancellor and in 1492 more transferred to oxford so after that in 1492 he was transferred to oxford where he first started greek studies so in oxford uh there he started his greek studies and during this period he wrote comedies and studied greek and latin literature so while he was in oxford he started to write some comedies which were not popular and he also studied started to study greek and latin literature there in oxford in 1494 he entered as a law student in new in so in 1494 after that after the period of oxford he entered as a law student in new in and while pursuing his legal career and entering the parliament in 1504 more was drawn to the christian humanist circle so he is a saint so the roman church after his death he was declared as a saint for saint for being a staunch believer in christianity and also he actually held his faith over his life so that we will see later so he was drawn to the christian humanist circle after entering parliament in 1404 so while he was also pursuing his legal career and when he entered into parliament in 1404 more was drawn to christian humanist circle and he in 1505 he married jane colt okay in 1505 he married jane colt now so more's first work is an english translation of a latin biography of the italian humanist picco della mirandola so his first work it's a translation so first major work by thomas more was an english translation of a latin biography of this person picco della mirandola he's an italian humanist okay he's an italian humanist and his biography is translated from latin to english so that is his first work and he got printed it got printed this translation of a latin biography of picco della mirandola picco della mirandola it got printed by viking di verde in 1510 so this translation of the latin biography was printed by viking di verde in 1510 and again so during childbirth his first wife died so he got married second time to alice middleton later so during the childbirth his first wife died so after that he got married second time to alice middleton and in 1520 he entered into king henry the eighth service and fulfilled several roles as the king secretary interpreter preacher speech writer chief diplomat advisor and confidant so he actually entered into the court of king henry the eighth service so he in 1520s he held many positions for king henry the eighth so he was at the service of king henry the eighth and he fulfilled several roles for the king such as a secretary interpreter speech writer for the king and chief diplomat advisor and confidant and in 1529 he became chancellor in 1529 he became chancellor and in april 1534 more refused to swear to the act of succession and the oath of supremacy so oath of supremacy simply means then you have to you have to pledge yourself you have to surrender yourself to the supremacy of the king so there is no power more over than or over the king there is no power you have to vow to that you have to you know you have to take an oath to that you cannot consider even gold before king so such an oath he refused to take such an oath of supremacy so in april 1534 more refused to swear to the act of succession and the oath of supremacy he refused to consider king as more supreme to god so in england such was such an act was passed you know everybody should pledge the oath of supremacy that consider the king as supreme to everything you know your god will come after that so king is the most most supreme thing that you have to consider but some of the people like more thomas more they refused to take the oath of supremacy so he refused to see king as more supreme over his god christ so he was sent to the tower of london on 7th april 1534 and he was found guilty of treason because he refused to swear to the act of succession and the oath of supremacy he found according to the law of the land he found guilty of treason and he was beheaded alongside bishop fisher so bishop fisher also refused to take the oath of supremacy and he also bishop fisher also refused to swear the act of succession so along with the bishop fisher thomas more was sentenced to death and he was beheaded there and on beheaded along with the bishop fisher thomas more and bishop fisher got beheaded on 6th may 1534 and this was his last words the king's good servant but goes first so this is a famous famous verse last verse by thomas more the king's good servant but goes first so that's all about thomas more's life now let's see some of his major works okay a marriages so he has done actually plenty of works thomas more has written plenty of works political kind of works and treaties he has written prose in the prose genre in that style also he has written many prose works and also political treaties and also related to religion also he has written many works so these are some of the major works that i found important so at least you have to remember some of the names titles if you cannot remember these years but about utopia you have to remember that it got published in 1516 okay utopia you have to must say must remember okay a marriage just a marriage just in the year 1516 and utopia in 1516 then history of king richard iii in 1518 then the four last things in 1522 that a dialogue concerning heresies in 1530 then a computation of tindale's answer in 1533 so tindale it's a figure tindale is a figure associated to bible translation that we have seen uh in the same year the age of revival we have tindale and he is associated to bible translation tindale and cover dead remember so the computational tindale's answer in the year 1533 then the answer to a poisoned book in 1533 again then treaties on the blessed body in 1535 so that's all about more thomas more's major works so do remember utopia in the year 1516 so about utopia have included some information but about utopia and its major contents and the land of utopia as described in the work utopia we'll be looking at in detail in yet another video that will followed by this video and utopia about utopia i have already told you that it was published in 1516 and it was originally written in latin okay since thomas more was a latin scholar he studied both greek and latin literature he mainly wrote utopia in the language of latin in the year 1516 it was published and the title translate as no place or nowhere so what is the meaning of utopia so he created he used the word title utopia uh by meaning that it is no place or nowhere we cannot find such an ideal place nowhere so he presented utopia as an ideal place where the humanist ideas are practiced more ideally than anyone any other place so such a place is nowhere so in that in that meaning in that particular sense thomas more has used this title utopia but in modern times we use this word utopia to denote an ideal place okay so in modern times now we use utopia like utopian ideas utopian things so utopia to denotes an ideal place where everything ideally is happening everything good and everything ideal everything perfect is happening so such a place that is the meaning in modern times for this word utopia so mainly this is the work of satire we're indirectly criticizing europe's political corruption and religious hypocrisy so mainly this work by opposing this work utopia thomas more intended to satirize indirectly indirectly europe's political corruption happening inside various places of europe and also the religious hypocrisy of the european people it has two parts the first book serves as an introduction and also a commentary on the second so utopia the work got two parts or two books the first book serves as an introduction and also a commentary on the second so basically he what he what did he do he actually composed the second book first then he wrote the first book as a commentary and introduction to the second book the narrator of the story narrator of utopia is rafael hitlote this is the narrator he claims that there is a place utopia that he has visited and utopia he presents utopia as an ideal human society where human ideals and human humanity is practiced at its heights okay he claims utopia as an ideal human society so rafael hitlote is the major person here or narrator here and he is listened by more and peter gills and many other characters in utopia there is no private property universal labor is practiced by everyone then they engage they indulge in moderate pleasure and family as a microcosm microcosm of the state so these are some of the major important qualities of the place utopia the island of utopia so there is no private property in utopia and everybody has to practice labor i mean peasantry is a thing that agriculture is a thing that everybody should practice and universal labor is applicable everybody is practicing that then they indulge in moderate pleasure and family as a microcosm of the state they consider family as a microcosm of the state so there are several other characteristics associated to the land of next video so wait for it so it is the most perfect embodiment of humanist rational ideas so utopia thomas moore or rafael hitlote presents and narrates about utopia the island of utopia in the world utopia as the most perfect embodiment of humanist rational idea ideas so these are some of the major details related to utopia as such so like i said we will be seeing it in detail in the next video so i think that is all about thomas moore and his major works and utopia so you can find me in these platforms in my website obviously www.hypernew.in and in whatsapp you can whatsapp me or call me and have any other queries related to ut net english language and literature in this number and you can also email me and find me in this email address so you can also join a whatsapp group i have given the link in the description box to join the whatsapp group click that link and join and you can have daily quizzes there and some notes related to english language and literature and also you can have updates and news related to nta ugc net english as well i hope i have shared some 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