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Η Πάπισσα Ιωάννα Α΄ Τόμος
H Πάπισσα Ιωάννα είναι μυθιστόρημα του Εμμανουήλ Ροΐδη που δημοσιεύτηκε το 1866 με το χαρακτηρισμό «μεσαιωνική μελέτη» σύμφωνα με την άποψη του ίδιου του συγγραφέα. Σε αυτό εξιστορείται ο βίος της Ιωάννας, μίας γυναίκας που κατάφερε να αναρριχηθεί στην ιεραρχία της Ρωμαιοκαθολικής εκκλησίας και να φτάσει μέχρι και το αξίωμα του Πάπα, προσποιούμενη ότι ήταν άντρας. Το μυθιστόρημα βασίζεται στο σχετικό μεσαιωνικό θρύλο της Πάπισσας Ιωάννας, σύμφωνα με τον οποίο μια γυναίκα βρέθηκε στο θρόνο του Βατικανού κατά την περίοδο 855 - 858. Το μυθιστόρημα αυτό θεωρείται το σημαντικότερο από τα έργα του Ροΐδη και ένα από τα σπουδαιότερα ελληνικά μυθιστορήματα, το οποίο τελικά αφορίστηκε "ως αντιχριστιανικόν και κακόηθες", με την υπ' αριθ. 5688/4-4-1866 εγκύκλιο της Ι. Συνόδου της Εκκλησίας της Ελλάδος, ενώ ο ίδιος ο Ροΐδης διώχθηκε δικαστικά.
224 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1866
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About the author
Emmanuel Rhoides
27books41followersEmmanuel Rhoides (Greek: ) was a Greek writer and journalist. He is considered one of the most illustrious and reviving spirits of the Greek letters of his time.
Born in Hermoupolis, the capital of the island of Syros, to a family of rich aristocrats from Chios � who had fled the island after the massacre of its population by the Ottomans in 1822 � he spent much of his youth abroad. Rhoides was erudite and at a young age had mastered not only the languages of continental Europe, but also, ancient Greek and Latin. His early youth years he spent in Genoa, Italy in the times of the revolutions, which were a far reaching repercussion of the French revolution.
He studied history, literature and philosophy in Berlin, and later in Iasio, Romania where his merchant father had transferred the centre of his business activities. Obeying to the parental wish, he moved to Athens, where he printed the translation of Chateaubriand's Itinéraires.
In 1860, after a brief sojourn in Egypt, he decided to live and stay permanently in Athens. Later in his life, he would become very poor, especially with the bankruptcy of the family business, and the subsequent suicide of his beloved brother Nicholas. He eked out his last years by working as a curator for the national library of Greece. But, even from this position he was dismissed in 1902, when he got into a political dispute with the government. Rhoides suffered all through his life from a serious hearing problem, which eventually rendered him almost totally deafness.
In 1866 Rhoides published his notorious novel The Papess Joanne, an exploration of the legend of Pope Joan, a supposed female pope who reigned some time in the Middle Ages. Though a romantic novel, Rhoides asserted it contained conclusive evidence that Pope Joan truly existed and that the Catholic Church had been attempting to cover up the fact for centuries. The book was controversial, and led to his ex-communication from the Greek Orthodox Church.
Rhoides often adopted a clear-cut critical stance against the romanticism in literature and poetry and often was poignant and sarcastic to the romance writers and poets of his time. Rhoides, amongst his numerous translations, became the first to translate the works of Edgar Allan Poe into Greek.
Born in Hermoupolis, the capital of the island of Syros, to a family of rich aristocrats from Chios � who had fled the island after the massacre of its population by the Ottomans in 1822 � he spent much of his youth abroad. Rhoides was erudite and at a young age had mastered not only the languages of continental Europe, but also, ancient Greek and Latin. His early youth years he spent in Genoa, Italy in the times of the revolutions, which were a far reaching repercussion of the French revolution.
He studied history, literature and philosophy in Berlin, and later in Iasio, Romania where his merchant father had transferred the centre of his business activities. Obeying to the parental wish, he moved to Athens, where he printed the translation of Chateaubriand's Itinéraires.
In 1860, after a brief sojourn in Egypt, he decided to live and stay permanently in Athens. Later in his life, he would become very poor, especially with the bankruptcy of the family business, and the subsequent suicide of his beloved brother Nicholas. He eked out his last years by working as a curator for the national library of Greece. But, even from this position he was dismissed in 1902, when he got into a political dispute with the government. Rhoides suffered all through his life from a serious hearing problem, which eventually rendered him almost totally deafness.
In 1866 Rhoides published his notorious novel The Papess Joanne, an exploration of the legend of Pope Joan, a supposed female pope who reigned some time in the Middle Ages. Though a romantic novel, Rhoides asserted it contained conclusive evidence that Pope Joan truly existed and that the Catholic Church had been attempting to cover up the fact for centuries. The book was controversial, and led to his ex-communication from the Greek Orthodox Church.
Rhoides often adopted a clear-cut critical stance against the romanticism in literature and poetry and often was poignant and sarcastic to the romance writers and poets of his time. Rhoides, amongst his numerous translations, became the first to translate the works of Edgar Allan Poe into Greek.
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January 25, 2023
μαρεσε παρά πολύ η επαφή με τη γλώσσα όποτε όντως με κέρδισε για αυτο και κάποιες ποιητικές χρήσεις της . Κατά τα αλλά έχει μια ωραια καθαρότητα.
February 23, 2023
Ευφυές, σκωπτικό, εύστοχα επικριτικό , χειμαρρώδες μεταφορικό , ιστορικό - μυθικό - λογοτεχνικό δημιούργημα.
September 14, 2015
Ο 1ος τομος ειναι καπως... βαρετος, αλλα φανταζομαι πως ολο το ζουμι ειναι ουσιαστικα στον 2ο τομο. Συν οτι η γλωσσα του Ροιδη ειναι ξεκαρδιστικη, απιστευτα ειρων -- εννοειται των αγαπησα!!!
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