Introduction: non sum Oedipus, sed Morus -- Profitable learning and pietas: The life of Pico Della Mirandola, ca. 1505-1510 -- Humanist realism and The history of Richard III, ca. 1514-1518 -- Si moro credimus: the "Dialogue of counsel" in Utopia, ca. 1516 -- Humanism, heresy, and the one Thomas More, ca. 1523-1533 -- Inquisition, equity, and the "Battle of the books," ca.1532-1533 -- Conclusion: iconic mores on trial.