Celibate and Childless Men in Power: Ruling Eunuchs and Bishops in the Pre-Modern World by Höfert, Almut

Celibate and Childless Men in Power: Ruling Eunuchs and Bishops in the Pre-Modern World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781472453402)

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Format: Hardcover
$190.00
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Celibate and Childless Men in Power: Ruling Eunuchs and Bishops in the Pre-Modern World by Höfert, Almut

Celibate and Childless Men in Power: Ruling Eunuchs and Bishops in the Pre-Modern World

$190.00
Celibate and Childless Men in Power: Ruling Eunuchs and Bishops in the Pre-Modern World by Höfert, Almut

Celibate and Childless Men in Power: Ruling Eunuchs and Bishops in the Pre-Modern World

$190.00
Format: Hardcover
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This collection explores the ways in which groups of men in a variety of pre-modern cultures were excluded from legitimate or physical reproduction, yet still remained an important feature of political systems based on dynasties. In bringing eunuchs and bishops into a common focus, this volume offers a new global perspective, which draws parallels between different chronological and geographical areas, while still recognising their unique and distinctive features. It also explores the ways in which they carved out an institutional space in which they wielded power over both men and women alike.

Author: Almut Höfert
ISBN-10: 1472453409
ISBN-13: 9781472453402
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2017
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d
By Almut Höfert
By Almut Höfert
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Almut Höfert is Professor for Medieval Transcultural History at the University of Zurich.

Matthew M. Mesley is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Huddersfield.

Serena Tolino is Junior Professor for Islamic Studies at the University of Hamburg.

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