Episode 055: Tudor Times on Thomas More

Renaissance English History Podcast: A Show About the Tudors

Heather Teysko

History

4.6 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

One of the pivotal personalities in the 16th century, in many ways, despite his fame, Thomas More continues to be an enigma to us, 500 years later. For some, he is a Saint, who fought to keep the church unified. For others, he is remembered for burning Protestants. He's also a leading philosophical light in humanist history. Tudor Times chose him as their September, 2016, Person of the Month, and in this interview with Melita Thomas, editor and co-founder, we are able to get a lot of unbiased information about More. Get more resources by going to http://www.englandcast.com or http://www.tudortimes.co.uk. If you like this podcast, remember to rate it in whatever service you use to listen to it. Your ratings and reviews help others to find the podcast and decide if it's something they want to listen to! Get in touch through twitter @teysko or facebook.com/englandcast. Or text the listener feedback line at 801 6TEYSKO. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Heather, and I want to remind you about our very special tours to the UK.
0:05.0	In 2017, we'll be doing tours focusing on the Even Song experience.
0:10.0	The Even Song service comes from Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer from the mid-16th century.
0:15.0	It's been dubbed the Atheist's Favorite Service because it requires so little and it gives so much. It's simply
0:23.1	divine choral music sung in some of the most historic chapels, abbeys and cathedrals in England.
0:29.2	We'll be spending 10 days visiting places like Cambridge, Oxford, Bath, the Cotswolds,
0:36.2	Winchester and Windsor with walking tours, free time to explore,
0:40.3	and then gathering back each afternoon for the Evensong Service if you choose to attend.
0:45.3	It will be 10 days of beautiful countryside, historic cities and villages, and so, so much music. I invite you to go to Englandcast.com
0:56.6	slash tours for full itinerary and pricing information. Again, Englandcast, E-N-G-L-A-N-D, C-A-S-D, Englandcast.com
1:06.6	slash tours. Thanks so much, and now to the show. Hello and welcome to the Renaissance English History podcast. I'm your host, Heather Tesco,
1:26.6	and I'm a storyteller who makes history accessible
1:29.1	because I believe it's a pathway to understanding who we are, our place in the universe,
1:34.7	and our connection to our own humanity. This is episode 55. It's another joint episode with
1:41.2	Melita Thomas of Tudor Times on Thomas Moore.
1:45.7	Just a quick note that the Renaissance English History podcast is a proud member of the
1:50.8	Agora Podcast Network.
1:53.0	And check out the Agora podcast of the month, which is Lands of Leviathan.
1:57.9	It's a podcast that analyzes concepts and theories from political science and
2:03.3	international relations using themes, trends, and trivia in popular culture. So you can listen to
2:10.0	two nerds discuss state reformation during a zombie apocalypse or how the Jedi Council would
2:15.3	function in our international system.
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