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"I die the King's good servant, but God's first," declared Sir Thomas More from the scaffold upon his 1535 execution for treason. Condemned to death for his refusal to acknowledge Henry VIII as the Supreme Head of the Church of England, More spent his final months in the Tower... Read Full Overview

Awaiting execution for treason against King Henry VIII after refusing to recognize the king as the Supreme Church Head of England, Thomas More wrote one of his greatest English works, A Dialogue of Comfort, to express his own thoughts on hope in the face of tribulation. In this... Read Full Overview

While awaiting his execution in 1535 for refusing to betray his faith, Thomas More wrote this fictional dialogue between a 16th century Hungarian, and his dying uncle.

This edition will include all of More's extant works. Each volume will be edited by a specialist in the field of Renaissance studies and will include a comprehensive introduction. Latin texts will be accompanied by a facing English translation.

A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation is a work that was written by St. Thomas More while imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1534.

Thomas More was imprisoned by King Henry VIII for refusing to swear to the Act of Succession (1534). He had been given... Read Full Overview

Awaiting execution for treason against King Henry VIII after refusing to recognize the king as the Supreme Church Head of England, Thomas More wrote one of his greatest English works, A Dialogue of Comfort, to express his own thoughts on hope in the face of tribulation. In... Read Full Overview

St. Thomas More wrote his masterpiece DIALOGUE OF COMFORT AGAINST TRIBULATION during the last fifteen months of his life, months spent imprisoned in the Tower of London as he awaited execution for treason in 1535. Second only to King Henry VIII, More was a man with much to live... Read Full Overview

Who would have thought O my good uncle a few years past- that those in this country who would visit their friends lying in disease and sickness would come as I do now to seek and fetch comfort of them?' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation is a work written by Thomas More while imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1534. The Dialogue is set in the Kingdom of Hungary in 1528, between the invasions of Suleiman the Magnificent. It is a fictional dialogue between Vincent and... Read Full Overview