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Portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger, showing More in dark robes and a black hat, wearing a gold chain of office, seated against a green and yellow draped background.

Woodcut map of the island of Utopia from Thomas More's Utopia, showing a circular island with towns, ships in the water, and Raphael Hythlodaeus speaking to figures in the lower left.

Painting of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in red robes standing across a table from Sir Thomas More, who is dressed in black, surrounded by courtiers in a grand hall with arched windows.

Oil painting by Antoine Caron showing the arrest and execution of Sir Thomas More, with Henry VIII in red under an archway at left and a small dog at right foreground.

Why did Henry VIII form the Church of England?

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Thomas More: Quotes

Heaven, Hell, and the Hereafter
The way to Heaven out of all places is of like length and distance.Thomas More: Utopia