Thomas More and Spain

This volume traces Th. Mores intellectual and political connections with Spain through eight scholarly contributions. Olivares examines Erasmuss role in linking Arias Montano to Mores legacy amid Counter-Reformation censorship. Cabrillana decodes Mores Lucian translations to reveal his moral-aesthetic priorities, while Phelippeau juxtaposes Utopia with Venetian governance models resisting Habsburg hegemony. Ureña explores digital humanities challengesin Morean studies, and Lillo reconstructs Spanish accounts of Mores trial through several manuscripts. Fuentes analyzes Mary Tudors Erasmian translations, and Zunino maps Sevillian networks that cultivated Mores posthumous reputation via Herreras 1592 biography. The volume concludes with the editors exploration of More and Vives nuanced just-war theories, challenging some naive pacifist interpretations by contextualizing their pragmatic responses to Ottoman expansion. Bridging literary analysis, archival research, and transnational historiography, these essays illuminate Spains enduring role in shaping Mores critique of power and his Renaissance afterlife.