The eunuch in Byzantine history and society/

Main Author: Tougher, Shaun
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York: Routledge, 2008
Series:Routledge monographs in classical studies
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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.
  • 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.