Eunuchs and castrati : a cultural history /
"This fascinating study of eunuchs guides readers as they travel through various lands and periods, familiarizing themselves with the duties and responsibilities, the unspeakable torments, and the passions and joys of these individuals. Eunuchs were not simply "bedchamber attendants,"...
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| 100 | 1 | |a Scholz, Piotr O. | |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Entmannte Eros. |l English |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Eunuchs and castrati : |b a cultural history / |c Piotr O. Scholz ; translated from the German by John A. Broadwin and Shelley L. Frisch. |
| 260 | |a Princeton, NJ : |b Markus Wiener Publishers, |c c2001. | ||
| 300 | |a xii, 327 p. : |b ill. ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 546 | |a Translation of: Der entmannte Eros. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-320) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Sexuality and emasculation, or longing for paradise -- In the beginning were the gods -- "Sacred kingship" and its consequences -- Eunuchs in the Hellenistic and Roman worlds -- The emperor of China and his eunuchs -- "Chastity of the angels" sexuality in early Christianity -- From the origins of Islam to the Topkapi Seraglio -- Emasculated heroes of the western middle ages -- From the "waning of the middle ages" to the the witch trials of the early modern period -- Voices of the angels: the papal castrati and the birth of opera. | |
| 520 | |a "This fascinating study of eunuchs guides readers as they travel through various lands and periods, familiarizing themselves with the duties and responsibilities, the unspeakable torments, and the passions and joys of these individuals. Eunuchs were not simply "bedchamber attendants," as the Greek term suggests. Nor were they always slaves. They could just as well be ascetics, priests, magicians, scholars, physicians, military commanders, admirals, or senior court officials. In the Byzantine empire, the only office they were precluded from attaining was that of emperor." |u http://books.google.com/books?id=N90jBg01ZI0C. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Eunuchs. | |
| 650 | 2 | |a Eunuchism |x history. | |
| 650 | 2 | |a Castration |x history. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Scholz, Piotr O. |s Entmannte Eros. English. |t Eunuchs and castrati. |d Princeton, NJ : Markus Wiener Publishers, ©2001 |w (OCoLC)646956550 |
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