Utopia by Sir Thomas More of the Renaissance During most of the 1600s, Europe was dominated by three major ruling families. They were the Tudors, the Hasburgs, and Bourbons. The Hasburgs ruled over Spain, Portugal, the majority of Italy, the southern Netherlands, and the immense empire in South America. The Bourbons ruled over France and the Tudors over England. Europe of the 1600s was harshly divided between Catholic and Protestant. The big wars of the …showed first 75 words of 1073 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1073 total…with Erasmus’s epigrams in the 3rd edition of Utopia in March of 1518 (Mackintosh, 372-375). Sir Thomas More was a great man not only in his political life but was obviously recognized by the Catholic Church because he was canonized a saint in 1935. More was a well respected man by all of his peers. He is also admired by those who have read his works and those who have recognize his great ability to write.