托马斯·莫尔不仅是一个伟大的政治思想家,还是一名出色的历史学家。《理查三世史》是他的一部史学杰作,其创作目的是宣传北方人文主义的政治理念,进行人文主义教育。托马斯·莫尔对理查三世进行了精心塑造,书写了理查三世反自然、反秩序的暴君形象。以此,托马斯·莫尔不仅批判了暴君,还表达了他对以公共的善为根基的理想政治秩序的追求与维护。 Thomas More is not only a great political thinker, but also an outstanding historian. The history of Richard III is one of his masterpieces of history, whose purpose of creation is to promote the political ideas of Northern Humanism and to carry out the humanistic education. Thomas More did a careful shaping of Richard III and wrote the images of Richard III anti-natural and anti-order tyrants. As a result, Thomas More not only criticized the tyrant, but also expressed his pursuit of and maintenance of an ideal political order based on public goodness.