A Man for all Seasons
Thomas Cromwell
A crafty and shady lawyer who is the primary agent plotting against More
Richard Rich
A low-level functionary whom More helped establish
King Henry VIII
A man named Supporter of the Faith by the Pope who later disavows the Pope
William Roper
A young man who is Lutheran but later converts back to Catholicism
Sir Thomas More
An English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon
The Act of Supremacy
An act that stated that the King was the head of the church of England
Catherine
Henry's first queen's name
Margaret
More's well-educated and inquisitive daughter
Alice
More's wife
Lutheran
Roper's religion at the beginning of the play
More's opinion on the nobles
That the Nobility of England are not as noble or well bred as they claim to be
Cranmer
The Archbishop of Canterbury
New Clothes
What Rich says he will buy with the money he gains from selling the silver cup
Corruption in the Church
What Wolsey means when he says "there is much in the church that needs reformation, Thomas"
Italian Silver Cup
What a woman uses in attempt to bribe More
Wolsey
The Lord Chancellor of England who tries but fails to acquire a divorce for the King
Judge
The role the Common Man does NOT play
More's Support
What both Cromwell and Chapuys want from More concerning the divorce
The King wants to be the best
What we can infer from the King's interaction with Margaret
Duke of Norfolk
One of More's friends who was used to legitimacy to More's trial
Robert Bolt
The author of A Man for all Seasons
Leviticus
The book of the Bible Henry quotes to support the claim that his first marriage is invalid
High Treason
The charge Cromwell must trump up in order to be able to execute Sir Thomas
Spain
The country England improves the diplomatic relationship with through the King's first marriage
Teacher
The job More recommends Rich take at the beginning of the play
Greek and Latin
The languages mentioned in the play besides English that Margaret knew
Richard Rich
The most Machiavellian character in a Man for all Seasons
The Great Harry
The name of the boat King Henry sails down the Thames to meet Sir Thomas
More's Family
The people Cromwell sends in an effort to get More to change his mind
Attorney General of Wales
The position Cromwell offers Rich in exchange for Rich's false testimony at More's trial
Chancellor of England
The position More resigns from in result of the bishops voting to accept the king as head of the church
Norfolk's Librarian
The position Rich takes after More first refuses his request for work
Roper switches back to Catholicism
The reason More allows Roper to marry Margaret
He can't take bribes from the church
The reason More will not accept money from the Bishops
He does not want them to lie for him
The reason Thomas refuses to tell his family what he thinks about the divorce and the Act of Supremacy
More doesn't endorse the divorce
The reason the King leaves More's house without eating
To avoid a civil war
The reason the King wants an heir
The family becomes poor
The result of More leaving his office