LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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John Wycliffe
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Chaucer
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Thomas More
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Francis Bacon
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Detailed explanation-1: -IT is usual to speak of Colet, Erasmus and More as the” Oxford Reformers", but the title is misleading. If they advocated reforms, they did not undertake any. Although they had all three been in Oxford, London was the real centre of their influence.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thomas More was born in London in 1478 and studied to become a lawyer. Recognized for his great intelligence, impartiality, and wisdom, he rose through the ranks of Parliament and earned King Henry VIII’s favor until he became Lord Chancellor in 1529.
Detailed explanation-3: -Prior to his time in politics, Thomas More was a celebrated author and scholar, his most famous work today being Utopia which includes a philosophical description of an ideal society set on an island. Thomas More was made a saint in 1935 CE by the Catholic Church.
Detailed explanation-4: -More opposed the Protestant Reformation, directing polemics against the theology of Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin and William Tyndale.