Summary:
Sir Thomas More, Henry VIII's "right-hand man" in the 16th century, was the embodiment of the Renaissance spirit with many contributions to free speech, religious beliefs and education. He later became chancellor of England.
Imagine being a head chancellor of a country, being able to hang out with the king and be his right-hand man. From 1521 to 1532 that's what Thomas More did, for King Henry the 8th. From this he became famous. Thomas More was an outstanding example of showing the Renaissance spirit. From writing "Utopia," being one of the best scholars in Europe, and finally being the chancellor of England.
One reason Thomas More showed outstanding Renaissance Spirit, was from him writing "Utopia." This book described and encouraged religious freedom. Thomas More believed in religious freedom and supported it through is writings. During the Renaissance, religious freedom was becoming a big issue and more people were finally realizing they were being misinformed. There were many popes claiming to be the "real" pope and their way to translate and teach the Bible was correct, and other popes were wrong. So Thomas More showed his support for religious freedom and being able to believe in whatever religion you wanted to. Utopia also showed another idea, "All people were equal in what they did." This religious support during Renaissance time period helped resolve one major problem. Before his religious support it was forbidden to believe in anything besides what the church's taught. Thomas supported that it was ok to believe in other religions.
The next way Thomas More showed the Renaissance spirit was how he was known as one of the top humanist scholars in Europe during his life. He wrote many books and the main idea behind most of them had to do with philosophy. Also, educated at Oxford College for 2 years, then on to Lincoln's Inn to finish his education. Thomas Moore learned education helped develop his religious views and support his writings. People learned to study hard, learn as much as they can to become intelligent. Being educated provided all people the ability to think for themselves. Also philosophy was very big during the Renaissance and Thomas More was a leader in philosophy as well.
Finally Thomas More showed the Renaissance spirit because he was the chancellor for King Henry the 8th. Being chancellor he would welcome foreigners, draft the Kings speeches, act as adviser, secretary, and confidant. He also helped the king write "Defense of the Seven Sacraments." Finally he helped support free speech, which means you were able to say what you want with out being punished. During the renaissance, many kings killed people for saying something they didn't like. Freedom of Speech showed great renaissance spirit from all the things he did because he was very intelligent, also free speech showed the rise of the renaissance, which meant the positive things that happened during this time period.
Thomas More showed a great amount of Renaissance spirit from his writings, religious beliefs, his support of freedom of speech, his belief in education, and his becoming of a chancellor. In many ways not just one certain reason.
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