The eunuch in Byzantine history and society
| 1. Verfasser: |
Tougher, Shaun
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
2008.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xi, 244 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Routledge monographs in classical studies
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| Online Zugang: |
Table of contents only |
Inhaltsangabe:
- The eunuch in history : from antiquity to the twenty-first century
- Approaching eunuchs : attitudes, studies and problems
- Castration
- The court eunuchs of the later Roman empire
- Transformations : Byzantine court eunuchs, seventh to eleventh centuries AD
- Eunuchs and religion
- Images and identities of eunuchs
- The twilight of the Byzantine eunuch.
