03434nam 22006494a 450 991045082410332120210608030906.01-281-12602-097866111260250-226-72016-010.7208/9780226720166(CKB)1000000000407482(EBL)408566(OCoLC)476229656(SSID)ssj0000219732(PQKBManifestationID)11187127(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219732(PQKBWorkID)10229437(PQKB)10480221(StDuBDS)EDZ0000123117(MiAaPQ)EBC408566(DE-B1597)523594(OCoLC)781255297(DE-B1597)9780226720166(Au-PeEL)EBL408566(CaPaEBR)ebr10210001(CaONFJC)MIL112602(EXLCZ)99100000000040748220020829d2003 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe perfect servant[electronic resource] eunuchs and the social construction of gender in Byzantium /Kathryn M. RingroseChicago University of Chicago Pressc20031 online resource (309 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-72015-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-285) and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Spelling Conventions for Greek Names --Acknowledgments --Introduction: Eunuchs of Byzantium: Context and Definition --Part I. Gender as Social Construct --Part II. Becoming Protagonists --Appendix: Spelling Equivalents, Traditional and Reformed --Frequently Used Abbreviations --Notes --Bibliography --IndexThe 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 of the eunuch in Byzantium from 600 to 1100. Accepted for generations as a legitimate and functional part of Byzantine civilization, eunuchs were prominent in both the imperial court and the church. They were distinctive in physical appearance, dress, and manner and were considered uniquely suited for important roles in Byzantine life. Transcending conventional notions of male and female, eunuchs lived outside of normal patterns of procreation and inheritance and were assigned a unique capacity for mediating across social and spiritual boundaries. This allowed them to perform tasks from which prominent men and women were constrained, making them, in essence, perfect servants. Written with precision and meticulously researched, The Perfect Servant will immediately take its place as a major study on Byzantium and the history of gender.EunuchsByzantine EmpireSex roleByzantine EmpireByzantine EmpireCivilizationElectronic books.EunuchsSex role305.3/09495Ringrose Kathryn M864203MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450824103321The perfect servant1928898UNINA01191nam0 22002771i 450 UON0040416420231205104710.41620120130d1963 |0itac50 bahbsDE|||| 1||||ˆDas ‰serbokroatische HeldenliedBeiheftOriginaltexte der in Übersetzung engeführten Beispiele des HauptbandesMaximilian BraunGöttingenVandenhoeck & Ruprecht196343 p.23 cm.001UON003959612001 Opera slavicaherausgegeben von Maximilian Braun und Alois Schmaus.1Letteratura serbo-croataPoesia epicaUONC052401FIDEGöttingenUONL000324491.82SERBO CROATO21BRAUNMaximilianUONV021155186651Vandenhoeck & RuprechtUONV248345650ITSOL20251107RICASIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOUONSIUON00404164SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOSI FL 21 0081 SI SL 207/2 5 0081 BuonoSerbokroatische Heldenlied1345006UNIOR