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Οι μάγισσες του Μεσαίωνα
Οι μάγισσες δεν υπήρξαν ποτέ τους άσχημες, γριές και κακές. Αντίθετα ήσαν νέες, ωραίες και καλοσυνάτες γυναίκες που προσέφευγαν στις αρχαίες γνώσεις προκειμένου να βοηθήσουν την οικογένεια και τους συνανθρώπους τους. Όμως η ευεργετική δράση τους απέδειξε περίτρανα την αναποτελεσματικότητα των παπάδων και για το λόγο αυτό καταδιώχθηκαν, φυλακίστηκαν, βασανίστηκαν και εκτελέστηκαν με φρικαλέους τρόπους, τυπικούς της "χριστιανικής αγάπης", και το χειρότερο κατασυκοφαντήθηκαν από τους δολοφόνους τους.
Ο Εμμανουήλ Ροϊδης, ο μέγιστος αυτός διαφωτιστής, υπήρξε ο πρώτος στην Ελλάδα που προσπάθησε να ανασκευάσει τις συκοφαντίες εναντίον των αθώων μαγισσών και να αποκαταστήσει τη μνήμη τους.
Ο Εμμανουήλ Ροϊδης, ο μέγιστος αυτός διαφωτιστής, υπήρξε ο πρώτος στην Ελλάδα που προσπάθησε να ανασκευάσει τις συκοφαντίες εναντίον των αθώων μαγισσών και να αποκαταστήσει τη μνήμη τους.
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52 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2006
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About the author
Emmanuel Rhoides
29 books42 followersEmmanuel Rhoides (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Ροΐδης) 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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October 13, 2024
Το καλύτερο βιβλίο που έχω διαβάσει για τις μάγισσες και τη φρενίτιδα που επικράτησε κατά το Μεσαίωνα με αυτό το θέμα.
Ένα τρομερά συνοπτικό βιβλίο που έχει προκύψει μετά από μελέτη του συγγραφέα στα πρακτικά των δικών και αποτελεί αποκατάσταση μνήμης των γυναικών που δολοφονήθηκαν κατά την περίοδο του κυνηγιού των μαγισσών.
Σου δίνει συνοπτικά να καταλάβεις τι έγινε τότε και πως έφτασε η μάγισσα να απεικονίζεται ως γκροτέσκα γερασμένη τρομακτική γυναίκα ενώ τα πρακτικά μιλάνε για πανέμορφες νεαρές κοπέλες (συγκεκριμένα αναφέρει μαρτυρία δικαστή που αναφέρει πως για να δικάσει μια κοπέλα της φόρεσε κουκούλα για να προστατευτεί από τη "δαιμονική ομορφιά" της).
Εν ολίγης αποδίδει όλη την παράνοια που επικράτησε κατά τους σκοτεινούς αιώνες.
Ένα τρομερά συνοπτικό βιβλίο που έχει προκύψει μετά από μελέτη του συγγραφέα στα πρακτικά των δικών και αποτελεί αποκατάσταση μνήμης των γυναικών που δολοφονήθηκαν κατά την περίοδο του κυνηγιού των μαγισσών.
Σου δίνει συνοπτικά να καταλάβεις τι έγινε τότε και πως έφτασε η μάγισσα να απεικονίζεται ως γκροτέσκα γερασμένη τρομακτική γυναίκα ενώ τα πρακτικά μιλάνε για πανέμορφες νεαρές κοπέλες (συγκεκριμένα αναφέρει μαρτυρία δικαστή που αναφέρει πως για να δικάσει μια κοπέλα της φόρεσε κουκούλα για να προστατευτεί από τη "δαιμονική ομορφιά" της).
Εν ολίγης αποδίδει όλη την παράνοια που επικράτησε κατά τους σκοτεινούς αιώνες.
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