The words, spoken by the character of Sir Thomas More, a famous advisor to Henry VIII, form part of Shakespeare's only surviving handwritten script, The Book of Sir Thomas More.

Depictions of Sir Thomas More in these works (pictured, Martin Shaw as More in Robert Bolt's play) are very different, taking contrasting views of his character, beliefs and historical role.

On July 6, 1535, former Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas More was beheaded in London after being convicted of treason against King Henry VIII. More had not supported the King’s policy toward the church or ...

A TV viewer cannot escape “Utopia,” the Fox reality show that had a three-night premiere last week and this week settles into its Tuesday time slot (8 p.m.); five more “special broadcasts ...

Sir Thomas More, the Lord Chancellor of England who resigned in 1532, gave to the English language the word ‘utopia’ to describe any imagined place or state of things in which everything is ...

If Mantel’s More were the real Thomas More, viewers might be horrified that the Catholic Church has honored More by canonizing him (in 1935 — 80 years ago this year), including him on the ...

In 1935, Pope Pius XI canonized Sir Thomas More and Cardinal John Fisher as saints of the Catholic Church. English King Henry VIII ordered the two men executed in 1535 for refusing to accept him ...

“Employ me,” Richard Rich begs Sir Thomas More in a powerful scene from the film A Man for All Seasons, the 1966 Oscar winner for “Best Picture.”Many young people have said the same ...