Thomas More at the Tower – Conscience & Memory

Thomas More’s Tower story: what his cell, trial, and memorial have come to symbolize.

11/27/2025

10 min read

Conscience and Crown

More’s refusal and fate center a debate still alive: conscience under pressure of state.

Visiting

Locate the memorial and read the inscriptions slowly.
Consider how space lends ceremony to remembrance.

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More memorial

Bottom Line

The Tower’s stones hold contradictory loyalties—and the courage to name them.

Over de auteur

Humanist Historian

Ik maakte dit om je de Tower of London slim te laten beleven — duidelijk tempo, beter timing en context die elke kapel, kroon en stenen gang laat resoneren.