Thomas More - A very brief history

Concise historical introduction to Thomas More and his continuing influence on the world and how we see it

Info autore

John Guy is a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. He is recognised as one of Britain's most exciting historians, having lectured extensively on Early Modern British History and Renaissance Political Thought in both Britain and the United States.

He has so far presented five documentaries for BBC 2 television, including The King's Servant (on Thomas More) and the four-part Renaissance Secrets (series 2), and has contributed to Meet the Ancestors (BBC 2) and to Channel 4's Time Team and Royal Deaths and Diseases. Wolsey's Lost Palace of Hampton Court was a short-listed finalist for the 2002 Channel 4 television awards.

John Guy also appears regularly on BBC Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio 4, BBC World Service and BBC Scotland, and he currently writes or reviews for The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Economist, the Times Literary Supplement, BBC History Magazine and History Today.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Guy
• Editore: Wiley
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 18.04.2019
• EAN: 9780281076178
• ISBN: 978-0-281-07617-8
• Pagine: 128
• Peso: 148 g
• Serie: Very Brief Histories
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, RELIGION / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, Biography: historical, political & military, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, Christianity, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Biography: religious & spiritual, Christian leaders & leadership, Religious and spiritual figures, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Biography: religious and spiritual, Biography: writers, Biography: historical, political and military, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring, Humanist & Secular Alternatives To Religion, Humanist and secular alternatives to religion, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600