Surprisingly for its time and More’s context, Utopia allows women meaningful public roles: Women engage in trade, home maintenance, and in Utopia’s militia if they choose  Though marriage remains conventional, economic participation is common. Compared to Tudor England, where female agency was tightly circumscribed (unless noble),

England's religious landscape was volatile: the rise of Protestantism, Henry VIII’s break with Rome, and societal upheaval. Utopia’s stance: Diverse religions coexist without persecution—philosophical tolerance is prized   Religion serves morality, not dogma; clergy are educated and socially engaged. Though a devout Catholic

In Book II, Raphael describes Utopia’s communal land: All land is state-owned, rotated among families. Money is shunned; gold and silver are used only for chamber pots, emphasizing moral disdain for wealth Crime is rare, since social welfare meets basic needs. For Tudor England, where enclosures displaced peasants and weal

In 1516, Thomas More published Utopia, a fictional depiction of an ideal commonwealth on a remote island. Ostensibly a travel narrative, it held a mirror up to 16th-century Europe—especially Tudor England—highlighting inequality, injustice, and religious hypocrisy. But Utopia wasn’t just wishful thinking or fanciful escapism. It was carefully