Thomas More Impact On Society

By 1515 Henry continues to entrust More with foreign affairs and sends him to Bruges to oversee a treaty associated with England, it’s here that Thomas More would begin to write his most famous of works, the some say masterpiece that is ‘Utopia’. The book focuses on a complex, self-contained world set on an island in which the communities share religious, social and political customs. It embodied vast political undertones and was seen to be quite a revolutionary piece of work, although futuristic. More's writing of Utopia changed the face of literature in many ways. It gave authors a new way to express their ideals, though it was not published in English until 1551. More, as a result of his growing reputation was not unnoticed by Henry