The Female Tudor Scholar and Writer (ePub)
The Life and Times of Margaret More Roper
Imprint: Pen & Sword History
File Size: 14.7 MB (.epub)
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781399047777
Published: 9th July 2024
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Margaret More Roper may be remembered as the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas More, but she was much, much more.
Well-educated, loyal, passionately pious, and a skilled writer and translator, Margaret inspired a generation and proved to Tudor England and beyond just how accomplished a woman could be. Her life provides a window into the turbulent times of the English Reformation and life at the court of King Henry VIII.
In this biography, Margaret is presented in her own right and given the attention and acknowledgement she so richly deserves.
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
NetGalley, Ink Reads
Margaret More Roper is a true inspiration and the very core of women's fight for equality. If you have a passion for egalitarianism, equality between genders and history, this is the truly inspiring book for you. Outstanding
Overall, I found this was a well-written debut biography about Margaret More Roper. It was a fascinating read to learn about Margaret’s life and the More family with a heavy focus on the academic life in 16th century England. If you would like to read a book about a strong academic woman from Tudor England, I suggest you read, “The Tudor Scholar and Writer: The Life and Times of Margaret More Roper” by Aimee Fleming.
NetGalley, Heidi Malagisi
This was an enjoyable and well-researched biography of Margaret Roper, who was lucky enough to have an enlightened father who believed that girls should receive a good education and gave her a good start. She was so bright, though, that she is still famous for her writings and her learning.
NetGalley, Lisa Sanderson
I also found the description of the huge affection that she and her father shared very touching. Margaret Roper always strikes me as being perfectly portrayed by Sussanah York in A Man for All Seasons, a lovely clever young woman who showed great concern for her father in the King’s Great Matter and tried her best to help him. This book made me want to read as much as possible about this intriguing young woman.
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
NetGalley, Stephanie Gates
This book, by Aimee Fleming, is a lens into the life of Sir Thomas More's eldest daughter, Margaret. It is clear that More regarded his daughter quite highly, as Fleming frequently points out the closeness of their familial relationship, even to the detriment of Margaret's marriage at times. Though a slight book, it does well to bring to life the times that the Mores lived in, and the depth of feelings that the family had for each other. The way in which Fleming describes Margaret pushing through the crowd to give her father one last embrace before he's locked up until his execution was so evocative that it brought tears to my eyes.
I enjoyed every minute reading this book.
Margaret Roper was an educated woman with her own talents and achievements, not just her father's daughter.
NetGalley, LOIS ELIYAHU
The rich and descriptive narrative takes you back to sixteenth century England in this well woven book, full of information and atmosphere. I found it a compelling and extremely interesting to read.
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
NetGalley, Lily Amidon
In this fascinating biography, Spillman brings Margaret More Roper to life. Daughter of renowned scholar Sir Thomas More, Margaret is the entire focus of this book as a scholar, writer, and translator from the Tudor period and the English Reformation. Following her life from her childhood and education under her father to her married life as a great mind in her own right, Spillman’s book provides insight into women’s lives and education in sixteenth-century England. Readers also witness the split from the Catholic Church from the English Catholic’s side of things and understand how Tudor society functioned for women with educations. As one of many educated women from the period, Margaret More Roper’s life highlights the role that religion played in daily life and in academics. This book and its insights into her life allows readers to place her in conversation with her academic contemporaries and with contemporary women to create a more complete picture of women’s lives as individuals, aristocrats, and scholars. A must-read for Tudor fans and Tudor, English, and women’s historians alike, this book is approachable, comprehensive, and incredibly engaging, and readers are sure to enjoy these insights into Margaret More Roper’s relatively forgotten life as a luminary of the Tudor period.
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
NetGalley, Heather Bennett
Wow!! This was a really interesting book, I had never heard of her and found her life and times a very interesting and entertaining read!
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
NetGalley, Annie Buchanan
This is a layman accessible and interesting monograph on the life and works of Margaret More Roper. As a women of the period, she is nearly always considered a footnote in her father's biographies, but here the author has written a balanced and well reasoned consideration of her in historical context in her own right as a primary subject and not just an aside.
The book is written with chapters in more or less chronological order: early life, the More household, education & adolescence, marriage & writing, motherhood, Humanism & reputation, reputation, loyalty, mortality (the imprisonment & death of her father), and their/her legacy. The book is meticulously annotated throughout and the chapter notes and bibliography will provide readers with many (many!) hours of further reading.
Five stars. It's both a well written and researched study of the More family and allies (and enemies), but also a well rounded study of Humanism, intellectualism, and the possibilities afforded women from the highest classes of the period.
About Aimee Spillman
Aimee Spillman has always loved books, so much so that 10 years ago, when she found herself in a career she was unhappy with, she quit and set out to pursue her real passion. Training at Windsor Castle; working on the Royal Collection, she now has over 8 years of experience. Running her own business, Woodle Books, she cannot imagine doing anything else. From restoration and bespoke binding to teaching workshops Aimee has now set out to make a book that disperses the mysteries of bookbinding and help show others that bookbinding isn't daunting you just need to have passion and patience to bring some much needed love to your most loved worn books.