The paper discusses three instances of silence in the life and writings of Sir Thomas More in terms of conversational and thematic silence. The first is the silence of the London citizenry in More’s History of Richard the Third (1513). The second is the House of Commons’ response of silence, in 1523, to Cardinal Wolsey’s request to provide him, the Chancellor, with a substantial grant for state affairs; at that time, More was Speaker of the House. The third is More’s fatal silence when he was required to take an oath supporting Henry VIII’s divorce from Catherine and subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn, and his refusal to discuss Henry’s break from the Pope and the Roman Church.

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托马斯·莫尔爵士的三声沉默

本文从对话和主题沉默的角度讨论了托马斯·莫尔爵士生活和著作中的三个沉默实例。第一个是在莫尔的《理查三世的历史》（1513 年）中伦敦市民的沉默。第二个是 1523 年，下议院对沃尔西红衣主教要求向总理提供大量国家事务拨款的要求保持沉默；当时，莫尔是众议院议长。第三是莫尔在宣誓支持亨利八世与凯瑟琳离婚并随后与安妮博林结婚时的致命沉默，以及他拒绝讨论亨利与教皇和罗马教会决裂的问题。