English Dictionary

pornocracy

IPA（発音記号）

/pɔːˈnɒkɹəsɪ/

固有名詞

語頭大文字 歴史的 時々

(Roman Catholicism, historical, sometimes capitalized) The period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscūrum (Latin for “dark age”), and also as the “Rule of the Harlots”, which began with the installation of Pope Sergius III in 904 and lasted for sixty years until the death of Pope John XII in 964, during which time the popes were strongly influenced by the Theophylacti, a powerful and corrupt aristocratic family.

日本語の意味

ローマカトリック教会史における教皇権の暗黒時代を指す。具体的には、904年にセルジウス3世が即位し、964年にジョン12世が没するまでの間、強大で腐敗した貴族家族（テオフィラクティ家）の影響下にあった時期を意味する。 / 俗称『娼妓統治』とも呼ばれ、教皇権が道徳的に堕落し、政治的にも不正な影響を受けた期間を示す。

Many historians regard the pornocracy as a grim chapter of the papacy, a period known as the saeculum obscūrum when the Theophylacti family's corrupt influence dominated Rome.

多くの歴史家は、その娼婦支配（サエクルム・オブスクルム）を教皇庁の暗い時代と見なし、テオフィラクティ家の腐敗した影響力がローマを支配していたと考えています。

意味（1）

(Roman Catholicism, historical, sometimes capitalized) The period of the papacy known as the saeculum obscūrum (Latin for “dark age”), and also as the “Rule of the Harlots”, which began with the installation of Pope Sergius III in 904 and lasted for sixty years until the death of Pope John XII in 964, during which time the popes were strongly influenced by the Theophylacti, a powerful and corrupt aristocratic family.

Under the pornocracy (government of harlots) in the first half of the 10th century, the Papacy was degraded and all Italy torn by factions.