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Religions, Human Rights, And Civil Society: Lessons From The Seventeenth Century For The Twenty-First Century, J. Paul Martin
Religions, Human Rights, And Civil Society: Lessons From The Seventeenth Century For The Twenty-First Century, J. Paul Martin
BYU Law Review
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More's Skill, Thomas L. Shaffer
More's Skill, Thomas L. Shaffer
Journal Articles
Robert Bolt chose a phrase from a sixteenth century poet named Robert Whittinton for the title of his modem play about Thomas More: "[A] man of an angel's wit and singular learning; I know not his fellow. For where is the man of that gentleness, lowliness, and affability? And as time requireth a man of marvellous mirth and pastimes; and sometimes of as sad gravity: a man for all seasons."
Bolt's title suggests that he took a gamble on the possibility that More would have modern, universal appeal. I have been interested in how that gamble worked out. If you …