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Description edit
The Perfect Servant reevaluates the place of eunuchs in Byzantium. Kathryn Ringrose uses the modern concept of gender as a social construct to identify eunuchs as a distinct gender and to illustrate how gender was defined in the Byzantine world. At the same time she explores the changing role... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Daniel: Add a description of this character.
- John Tzimiskes
- John Chrysostom
- Constantine Viii
- Andrew
- Sergius
- Theodore
- Solomon
- Samonas
- Michael Psellos
- Romanos
- Leo
- Narses
- Galen
- Methodios
- Basil Lekapenos
- Zoe
- Sergios
- Balthasar
- Symeon
- Stephen
- Peter Phokas
- Theophylaktos
- Theodora
- Vita
- Michael Iv
- Michael Iii
- Irene
- Metaphrastes
- Theophanes
- Paul
- Muhammad
- Maria
First Sentence edit
Like most Byzantine historians I love to visit Constantinople, the great Byzantine capital.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kathryn M. Ringrose (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 305.309495
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Social Groups
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Gender Studies
- Books › History › Europe
- Books › Gay & Lesbian › History
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