He was a staunch Catholic and disagreed with Henry the VIII's attempt to break away from the Pope.
He opposed Henry VIII's break from the Catholic Church.
He opposed Henry VIII's break from the Catholic Church.
He was the Lord Chancellor of England. When Henry VIII wanted to break from the Catholic Church & start the Anglican Church, Thomas More opposed it, & was subsequently Martyred by being beheaded.
Thomas More was killed because he opposed the king on the matter of royal divorce, and refused to swear the Oath of Supremacy which declared the king the head of the Church in England. He was martyred for his refusal to bend his religious beliefs to the king‘s political needs.
Thomas More chose to remain Catholic and opposed the Protestant Reformation during his lifetime. He was executed for his refusal to accept King Henry VIII as the supreme head of the Church of England.
Historians are divided over this. Some believe that he was either a smarmy, ruthless and calculated man. Others say he was a friend of Henrys, and was divided on whether to serve his king and friend, or stay true to his religion. He also burnt many on the stake, if that helps. :)
The Democratic-Republican Party, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, opposed the creation of a national bank in the late 1700s and early 1800s. They believed that a national bank would give too much power to the federal government and favored a more limited role for the central government.
Henry VIII was opposed by many, most notably Thomas More and John Fisher who were both executed because of their opposition.
Topia means 'place' but could be interpreted as 'somewhere' as opposed to Utopia which means 'no place' or 'nowhere'. Utopia was the name of Thomas More's work about an ideal place as opposed to real places. Utopia is originally derived from the greek ou (not) + topos (place) which then got into Latin.
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As more people became opposed to the war, governments on either side often intensified their propaganda efforts to maintain public support, increased censorship to suppress dissent, and sometimes implemented policies to conscript more soldiers. However, they did not typically engage in genuine negotiations for peace, as this could be perceived as a sign of weakness.
Lately it seems that there is more attention to foreign affairs as opposed to dealing with the many issues facing our own people in the US. It's time Congress focuses more efforts on our own country - we have starving people, too.