Historedia
Person

Thomas More

Events
2
Episodes
4
Years
1510–1516

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Thomas More, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Thomas More's Appointment as Undersheriff

    1510

    Role: Undersheriff of the City of London

    1. 1510 · City of LondonAppointment as Undersheriff

      Thomas More began serving as one of the two undersheriffs of the City of London in 1510.

  2. Thomas More completes Utopia

    1515–1516

    Role: Author

    1. May 1515 · Low CountriesDrafting in the Low Countries

      More began writing Utopia during a diplomatic mission to the Low Countries in May 1515, drafting the introduction and societal description.

    2. 1516 · LeuvenLeuven Printing

      The work was printed in Leuven in 1516 under Erasmus's editorship, marking its first public release.

    3. September 1516 · EnglandCompletion and Erasmus Review

      More completed the 'dialogue of counsel' in September 1516 and gave the finished manuscript to Desiderius Erasmus.

Sources

  1. Thomas More Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
  2. Utopia (book) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-15