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9780415425254

The Eunuch in Byzantine History and Society

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    9780415425254

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    0415425255

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-01-01
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
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Author Biography

Shaun Tougher is Senior Lecturer in Ancient History in the Cardiff School of History and Archaeology at Cardiff University.

Table of Contents

Platesp. viii
Prefacep. ix
Abbreviationsp. x
Mapp. xii
Introductionp. 1
The eunuch in history: From antiquity to the twenty-first centuryp. 7
Approaching eunuchs: Attitudes, studies and problemsp. 14
Castrationp. 26
The court eunuchs of the later Roman empirep. 36
Transformations: Byzantine court eunuchs, seventh to eleventh centuries ADp. 54
Eunuchs and religionp. 68
Images and identities of eunuchsp. 96
The twilight of the Byzantine eunuchp. 119
Conclusionp. 128
List of late Roman and Byzantine emperorsp. 131
Select prosopography of late Roman and Byzantine eunuchsp. 133
Notesp. 172
Bibliographyp. 209
Indexp. 229
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