LEADER 03434nam 22006494a 450 001 9910450824103321 005 20210608030906.0 010 $a1-281-12602-0 010 $a9786611126025 010 $a0-226-72016-0 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226720166 035 $a(CKB)1000000000407482 035 $a(EBL)408566 035 $a(OCoLC)476229656 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000219732 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187127 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219732 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10229437 035 $a(PQKB)10480221 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000123117 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408566 035 $a(DE-B1597)523594 035 $a(OCoLC)781255297 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226720166 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408566 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10210001 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL112602 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000407482 100 $a20020829d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe perfect servant$b[electronic resource] $eeunuchs and the social construction of gender in Byzantium /$fKathryn M. Ringrose 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-72015-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-285) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tSpelling Conventions for Greek Names --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: Eunuchs of Byzantium: Context and Definition --$tPart I. Gender as Social Construct --$tPart II. Becoming Protagonists --$tAppendix: Spelling Equivalents, Traditional and Reformed --$tFrequently Used Abbreviations --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aEunuchs$zByzantine Empire 606 $aSex role$zByzantine Empire 607 $aByzantine Empire$xCivilization 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEunuchs 615 0$aSex role 676 $a305.3/09495 700 $aRingrose$b Kathryn M$0864203 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450824103321 996 $aThe perfect servant$91928898 997 $aUNINA LEADER 00994nam0-2200313 --450 001 9910209958103321 005 20240129095654.0 010 $a88-15-11483-1 020 $aIT$b2007-6975 100 $a20170706d2006----kmuy0itay5050 ba 101 0 $aita 102 $aIT 105 $ay 001yy 200 1 $a<>senso dell'etica$eKant e la costruzione di una teoria morale$fStefano Bacin 210 $aBologna$cIl mulino$d2006 215 $aXIV, 338 p.$c24 cm 225 1 $aIstituto italiano per gli studi storici 300 $aIn appendice: Cronologia dei testi delle lezioni tenute da Kant, dello stesso A. 610 0 $aKant, Immanuel$aEtica 676 $a170.9033$v21 700 1$aBacin,$bStefano$0283967 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gREICAT$2UNIMARC 901 0$aBK 912 $a9910209958103321 952 0$aP.1 7D KANT/S 396$bDIP. FIL. 7126$fFLFBC 952 $aDFT A91.23 KANI/S 16$b2023/2220$fFLFBC 959 0$aFLFBC 996 $aSenso dell'etica$91022259 997 $aUNINA