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Writings of a Well-Learned Gentlewoman
The collected writings of Margaret More Roper, presented and annotated for classroom use.
Margaret More Roper (1505–44) was, at the age of nineteen, the first early modern woman writer in Tudor England and the first nonroyal woman to have a book printed in the English language. As the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas More, Roper received a cutting-edge education in Latin and Greek that was virtually unprecedented for a woman. Besides gaining an international reputation for her outstanding erudition, Roper served as More’s confidante during his imprisonment. Her correspondence from this period offers valuable insight into a key moment in English history.
This Other Voice series edition recognizes Margaret More Roper as a notable historical figure in her own right and as one of the most learned women of her time. It publishes all her extant writings in modernized spelling, with annotations, a glossary, and a current bibliography of studies about her.
Margaret More Roper (1505–44) was, at the age of nineteen, the first early modern woman writer in Tudor England and the first nonroyal woman to have a book printed in the English language. As the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas More, Roper received a cutting-edge education in Latin and Greek that was virtually unprecedented for a woman. Besides gaining an international reputation for her outstanding erudition, Roper served as More’s confidante during his imprisonment. Her correspondence from this period offers valuable insight into a key moment in English history.
This Other Voice series edition recognizes Margaret More Roper as a notable historical figure in her own right and as one of the most learned women of her time. It publishes all her extant writings in modernized spelling, with annotations, a glossary, and a current bibliography of studies about her.
154 pages | 7 color plates | 6 x 9 | © 2024
The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
History: British and Irish History
Literature and Literary Criticism: British and Irish Literature
Reviews
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
A DEVOUT TREATISE UPON THE PATER NOSTER
Preface, by Richard Hyrde
The First Petition
The Second Petition
The Third Petition
The Fourth Petition
The Fifth Petition
The Sixth Petition
The Seventh Petition
LETTERS
1. From Desiderius Erasmus, September 6, 1529
2. To Desiderius Erasmus, November 4, 1529
3. To Thomas More, May? 1534
4. Alice Alington to Margaret Roper, August 17, 1534
5. Margaret Roper to Alice Alington, 1534
6. To Thomas More, 1534
7. Excerpts from an Otherwise Lost Letter to Thomas More, 1534 or 1535
APPENDIX: POEM ATTRIBUTED TO MARGARET ROPER
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION
A DEVOUT TREATISE UPON THE PATER NOSTER
Preface, by Richard Hyrde
The First Petition
The Second Petition
The Third Petition
The Fourth Petition
The Fifth Petition
The Sixth Petition
The Seventh Petition
LETTERS
1. From Desiderius Erasmus, September 6, 1529
2. To Desiderius Erasmus, November 4, 1529
3. To Thomas More, May? 1534
4. Alice Alington to Margaret Roper, August 17, 1534
5. Margaret Roper to Alice Alington, 1534
6. To Thomas More, 1534
7. Excerpts from an Otherwise Lost Letter to Thomas More, 1534 or 1535
APPENDIX: POEM ATTRIBUTED TO MARGARET ROPER
Bibliography
Glossary
Index