Raphael Hythloday

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Raphael Hythloday is the fictional Portuguese traveler and philosopher in Thomas More’s "Utopia" who narrates and critiques European society through his account of the idealized island commonwealth.

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Raphael Hythloday canonical 1

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instanceOf Portuguese person in fiction ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
narrator ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
traveler ⓘ
appearsIn Utopia ⓘ
associatedWith Renaissance humanism ⓘ
countryOfOriginInFiction Portugal ⓘ
createdBy Thomas More ⓘ
critiques European legal systems ⓘ
European penal practices ⓘ
European society ⓘ
private property in Europe ⓘ
social inequality in Europe ⓘ
describes island commonwealth of Utopia ⓘ
linked to: Utopia (island)
dialogueWith Peter Giles (character) ⓘ
Thomas More (character) ⓘ
linked to: Thomas More
discusses communal property in Utopia ⓘ
education in Utopia ⓘ
labor organization in Utopia ⓘ
religious tolerance in Utopia ⓘ
war and peace in Utopia ⓘ
firstAppearanceForm prose dialogue ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1516 ⓘ
genreOfWork political philosophy ⓘ
utopian literature ⓘ
languageOfWork Latin ⓘ
literaryFunction spokesperson for utopian ideas ⓘ
vehicle for social criticism ⓘ
medium literature ⓘ
nameEtymology Hythloday derives from Greek meaning peddler of nonsense or idle talk ⓘ
Raphael may allude to the archangel Raphael ⓘ
linked to: Raphael (archangel)
narrativePerspective first-person account of Utopia ⓘ
nationality Portuguese ⓘ
occupation philosopher ⓘ
traveler ⓘ
philosophicalStance advocate of communal ownership ⓘ
critical of enclosure and land privatization ⓘ
critical of monarchy ⓘ
skeptical of court politics ⓘ
roleInWork critic of European society ⓘ
describer of the island of Utopia ⓘ
primary narrator of Utopia ⓘ
settingOfTravels various parts of the New World (in fiction) ⓘ
timePeriodOfFictionalActivity early 16th century ⓘ
workPublicationLanguage Latin ⓘ
workPublicationPlace Leuven ⓘ

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Utopia → featuresCharacter → Raphael Hythloday ⓘ