Father John Mortonan acquaintance of More's. Hythloday spent some time with the Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury, Rev. Hythloday mentions that he has extensively traveled through Europe, encountering "arrogant, absurd, and captious judgments once even in England." More is eager to hear Hythloday's impressions of England because the traveler spent several months there. More agrees with Giles, but Raphael is resolute in his belief that he could ultimately do little in a political position. He argues further that the other royal counselors would become jealous and would create unbearable complications. Raphael rejects the idea and celebrates the degree of freedom that he currently enjoysfreedom Raphael would forfeit should he enter politics. Because Raphael's comparative analysis of the regions is so precise and intelligent, Peter suggests that Raphael become an advisor or counselor for a king. When one continues further south, however, the climate becomes temperate again populous cities and commercial areas emerge. According to Raphael, the equatorial regions are excessively hot and there are monsters in the New World. When he visited various regions, Raphael befriended the native inhabitants and gained their sincere friendship and trust. Apparently, Hythloday's visit to Utopia occurred in between his voluntary separation from Vespucci and his arrival at Ceylon.Īfter this rather lengthy introduction, Hythloday and More exchange greetings and the three men continue their discussion in the garden attached to More's lodging place. Hythloday made his way home with these sailors. Hythloday and his companions enjoyed their continued travels and afterwards, they were reconnected with a fleet of Portuguese ships near the island of Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka, due south of India). Peter explains that Raphael accompanied Amerigo Vespucci on a voyage to the New World but Raphael remained oversees when Vespucci returned to Europe. Raphael is not a native Utopian he is Portuguese. Mary, Giles introduces Thomas More to Raphael Hythloday. After attending a Mass at the Church of St. Once in Antwerp, More finds his friend Giles. Alongside a man named Cuthbert Tunstall, More toured the cities of Bruges, Brussels, and Antwerp (all in present-day Belgium). More visited Flanders as an ambassador of Henry VIII. Book Two is the continuation of the conversation during which Hythloday explains the details of Utopia in full. Both More and Giles think there is considerable merit in much of what Hythloday has to say. Hythloday is renegade and iconoclastic on certain issues but he is a skilled orator. The three men discuss a wide range of civil, religious and philosophical issues. This first part of Utopia chronicles the early conversations between More, Peter Giles, and Hythloday. In Book One, Thomas More describes the circumstances surrounding his trip to Flanders where he has the privilege of meeting Raphael Hythloday.
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