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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

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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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9781472453402: Celibate and Childless Men in Power: Ruling Eunuchs and Bishops in the Pre-Modern World

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ISBN 10:  1472453409 ISBN 13:  9781472453402
Editorial: Routledge, 2017
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