Mirror of Justice

A blog dedicated to the development of Catholic legal theory.
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Sunday, March 1, 2015

Cromwell, ISIS, and "Wolf Hall"

Picking up on a topic that Michael Moreland addressed a few years ago . . . It's not a surprise, I suppose, that the novel and TV series "Wolf Hall" are popular.  Somehow, it had to happen that the Man for All Seasons image of St. Thomas More be torn down.  After all, a Catholic who stood up to the overreaching claims of state power, at the cost of his life, could not be allowed to remain a secular hero forever.  Still, I hope "Wolf Hall" fans and producers will remember some of the points raised in this piece, about Henry, More, Cromwell, and "the biggest land-grab and asset-strip in English history."