The eunuch in Byzantine history and society / Shaun Tougher.

Author
Tougher, Shaun [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Description
xi, 244 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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Subject(s)
Series
Routledge monographs in classical studies [More in this series]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-228) and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 0415425247 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0415425255 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780415425247 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780415425254 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008003044
OCLC
166360258
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