In this special episode of Political Saints, Marc Barnes and Nicolas McAfee discuss the heroic political life of St. Thomas More. Thomas More was the Lord High Chancellor of England from 1529 until 1531. After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason and was executed. Pope Pius XI canonized Thomas More as a martyr in 1935.

Dr. Nicolas McAfee is the Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at the Center for Thomas More Studies. He is the author of Political Wisdom in Late Shakespeare: A Way out of the Wreck (Lexington, forthcoming).You can find more on Thomas More Studies here: https://thomasmorestudies.org/New Polity Conference 2025 is only a few months away! Register at https://newpolity.com/eventsSubscribe to the greatest magazine on earth: https://newpolity.com/magazineCheck out our books at https://newpolity.com/press