Note 86 — Sir Thomas More and the Freedom of Conscience 1529–1535
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“It is clear that Sir Thomas had a little Utopia of his own in his family. He was making an experiment in education, and he was delighted with its success. The fame of his learned daughters became European through the praises of Erasmus, and was so great in England that in 1529, when they were all married ladies, they were invited by the king to hold a kind of philosophical tournament in his presence.... More will ever stand foremost in the ranks of the defenders of female culture.”—Rev. T. E. Bridgett, Life and Writings of Sir Thomas More.