PART I
THE AGE OF HUMANISM AND OF THE REFORMATION
Introduction
Chapter I. THE RISE OF CAPITALISM AND OF THE MODERN STATE
1. Feudalism
2. The Towns
3. World Trade and Absolutism
Chapter II. LANDED PROPERTY
1. Land Hunger – Feudal and Capitalist
2. The Proletariat
3. Serfdom and Commodity Production
4. The Economic Redundancy of the New Nobility
5. The Knighthood
Chapter III. THE CHURCH
1. The Church in the Middle Ages – its Necessity and Power
2. The Basis of the Papacy's Power
3. The Overthrow of the Papal Power
Chapter IV. HUMANISM
1. Paganism and Catholicism
2. Paganism and Protestantism
3. Scepticism and Superstition
PART II
THOMAS MORE
Chapter I. THOMAS MORE’S BIOGRAPHERS
1. Roper and Others
2. Erasmus of Rotterdam
Chapter II. MORE AS HUMANIST
1. More’s Youth
2. More as Humanist Writer
3. More on Education and the Position of Women
4. More’s Relation to Art and Science
Chapter III. MORE AND CATHOLICISM
1. More’s Religiosity
2. More an Opponent of Clericalism
3. Mores Religious Tolerance
Chapter IV. MORE AS POLITICIAN
1. The Political Condition of England at the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century
2. More as Monarchist and Opponent of Tyranny
3. More as Representative of the London Merchants
4. The Political Criticism of Utopia
5. More Enters the King’s Service
6. More’s Contest with Lutheranism
7. More in Conflict with the Monarchy
8. More’s Downfall
PART III
UTOPIA
Chapter I. MORE AS ECONOMIST AND SOCIALIST
1. The Roots of More’s Socialism
2. The Economic Criticism of Utopia
3. The Economic Tendencies of the Reformation in England
Chapter II. THE MODE OF PRODUCTION OF THE UTOPIANS
1. Exposition
2. Criticism
Chapter III. THE FAMILIES OF THE UTOPIANS
1. Description
2. Criticism
Chapter IV. POLITICS, SCIENCE, AND RELIGION IN UTOPIA
1. Politics
2. Science
3. Religion
Chapter V. THE AIM OF UTOPIA
Thomas More and His Utopia
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