Thomas More's Trial by Jury - by Henry Ansgar Kelly & Louis W Karlin & Gerard B Wegemer (Paperback)

About the Book

This book challenges the recently established consensus that the trial was a carefully prepared and executed judicial process in which the judges were amenable to reasonable arguments.

Book Synopsis

In recent times the 1535 trial of Thomas More has been taken seriously as a carefully prepared and executed judicial process. The contributions in this book disagree with this consensus assembling surviving testimonies to the trial for a re-examination. The book concludes with an edition and translation of the pertinent documents of the trial. An appendix gives a dramatic reconstruction of the trial in light of the above analyses.

Review Quotes

[A] clever and innovative volume. ... The essays are meticulously researched and legal jargon never gets in the way of historical understanding. Anyone interested in the particulars of one of the most renowned trials in history will find this book indispensable.-- "ANNUAL BULLETIN OF HISTORICAL LITERATURE"

A valuable reference tool-all the more so as it includes twenty major documents, many otherwise not easily available and all translated into English, and a comprehensive bibliography.. [E]ssential reading for anyone interested in Thomas More's trial about which much remains controversial.-- "CERCLES"