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Mary Roper Clarke Basset (d. 1572) continued the Catholic humanism of her famous grandfather, Thomas More, by translating two religious works from classical tongues into English: the church history of Eusebius and a treatise on Christ’s Passion by More. An important figure in the history of English Catholicism and humanism, Basset made vital contributions to Morean education, translation, and religious politics during the mid-Tudor era.
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Goodrich, J. (2022). Basset, Mary (née Roper, Previously Clarke). In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Early Modern Women's Writing. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01537-4_269-2
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