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Libro: A Man for All Seasons (978-0-679-72822-1) de Robert Bolt (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group ) Comprar Libros de Literatura .Novela y Narrativa Extranjera .. The dramatization of Sir Thomas More's historic conflict with Henry VIIIa compelling portrait of a courageous man who died for his convictions anda modern classic that"challenges the mind, and, in the end, touches the heart" ( New York Times ). Sir Thomas Morethe brilliant nobleman, lawyer, humanist, author of such works as Utopia was a long-time friend and favorite of Henry VIII, ascending to the position of Lord Chancellor in 1529. Yet he was also a staunch Catholic, and when Henry broke with the Church in 1531 after the Pope had refused to grant him a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, More resigned the Chancellorship. In 1534, Parliament passed a bill requiring all subjects to take an oath acknowledging the supremacy of England's king over all foreign sovereignsincluding the Pope. More refused, was imprisoned, and finally was executed in 1535. 0
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