Celibate and Childless Men in Power
Ruling Eunuchs and Bishops in the Pre-Modern World
This book explores a striking common feature of pre-modern ruling systems on a global scale: the participation of childless and celibate men as integral parts of the elites. In bringing court eunuchs and bishops together, this collection shows that the integration of men who were normatively or physically excluded from biological fatherhood offered pre-modern dynasties the potential to use different reproduction patterns. The shared focus on ruling eunuchs and bishops also reveals that these men had a specific position at the intersection of four fields: power, social dynamics, sacredness and gender/masculinities. The thirteen chapters presen…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Mesley, Matthew (Hrsg.) / Tolino, Serena (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-317-18237-5
- EAN: 9781317182375
- Produktnummer: 23976665
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 376 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'524 KB
- Abbildungen: 1 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
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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