The eunuch in Byzantine history and society / Shaun Tougher.
The eunuch in Byzantine history and society / Shaun Tougher.
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Publisher
London : Routledge, c2008.
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N949.5/120
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 244 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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 an...
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Publisher
London : Routledge, c2008.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2008.
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Summary
"The broad survey of the political and social position of eunuchs in the Byzantine Empire is placed in the context of the history of the eunuch in general. An appendix listing key eunuchs of the Byzantine Empire describing their careers is included, and the text is fully illustrated. This book will be a major contribution to the study of the subjec...
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The eunuch in Byzantine history and society / Shaun Tougher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
c2008.
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N949.5/120
Record Identifier
74Vvd0bMvWyM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvd0bMvWyM
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ISBN
0415425247
9780415425247
DDC
949.5
MMS ID
991006028989702626
