The Man Who Kept His Oath When It Cost Him Everything
In 1534, Sir Thomas More stood in the Tower of London, stripped of his title as Lord Chancellor of England — once the most powerful...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 15.
In 1534, Sir Thomas More stood in the Tower of London, stripped of his title as Lord Chancellor of England — once the most powerful office beneath the crown. King Henry VIII had demanded that More sign the Act of Supremacy, acknowledging the king as head of the Church in England. It would have been so easy. One signature, and More could have returned to his family, his library, his comfortable life in Chelsea.…
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