What feature of English society is More most likely critiquing?
They eat and drink out of vessels of earth or glass, which
make an agreeable appearance, though formed of brittle
materials; while they make their chamber-pots and close-
stools of gold and silver, and that not only in their public
halls but in their private houses. Of the same metals they
likewise make chains and fetters for their slaves, to some
of which, as a badge of infamy, they hang an earring of
gold, and make others wear a chain or a coronet of the
same metal; and thus they take care by all possible means
to render gold and silver of no esteem...
-Utopia,
Thomas More
A. conflicts between kings and the church
B. greed and self-interest
C. exploration of new lands
D. an economy facing inflation