Человек, который вошёл в историю: Томас Мор

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Thomas More (1478-1535) was a famous English philosopher, public figure, humanist writer, and lawyer. He served as Lord Chancellor of England for three years. He is best known for the work "Utopia", in which the philosopher gave an example of a fictional island state, on which he outlined his vision of an ideal socio-political system. Refusing to recognize Henry VIII as the head of the English Church, he was executed under the Act of Treason. In the 20th century, Thomas More was canonized in the League of Catholic Saints.

Career In the early 1500s, Thomas More taught law in parallel with practicing law, and in 1504 he became a member of Parliament for the merchants of London. While working in Parliament, he repeatedly allowed himself to openly speak out against the tax arbitrariness that King Henry VII inflicted on the inhabitants of England. Because of this, the lawyer fell out of favor in the highest echelons of power and was forced to abandon his political career for a while, returning exclusively to law work. At the same time as conducting judicial affairs, at this time Thomas is increasingly confidently trying his hand at literature. When the new ruler of England, Henry VIII, convened a new Parliament in 1510, the writer and lawyer once again found a place in the country's highest legislative body. At the same time, More was appointed Assistant City Sheriff of London, and five years later (in 1515) he became a member of the delegation of the English embassy.

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