Medievalists.net » Eunuchs http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:31:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The castrati: a physician’s perspective http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/the-castrati-a-physicians-perspective/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/the-castrati-a-physicians-perspective/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:12:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36387 The phenomenon of the castrati enters the history of Western music in the latter half of the 16th century, becoming a dominant factor in Italian music through most of the 17th and 18th centuries, and then gradually fading during the 19th century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/10/the-castrati-a-physicians-perspective/feed/ 0 The lifespan of Korean eunuchs http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/25/the-lifespan-of-korean-eunuchs/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/25/the-lifespan-of-korean-eunuchs/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:34:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35980 The average lifespan of eunuchs was 70.0 ± 1.76 years, which was 14.4–19.1 years longer than the lifespan of non-castrated men of similar socio-economic status

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/25/the-lifespan-of-korean-eunuchs/feed/ 0 Singers, advisers, and servants: role of eunuchs from a historical context http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/24/singers-advisers-and-servants-role-of-eunuchs-from-a-historical-context/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/24/singers-advisers-and-servants-role-of-eunuchs-from-a-historical-context/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:08:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35941 According to the Book of Matthew, Jesus said that there were eunuchs made of men, who had made them- selves by their fathers to be that way for heaven’s sake, and if they have received such a procedure, then let them keep it. Jesus referred to castration as an infallible way to achieve celibacy. And records of Christian history indicate that many Christian religious figures were castrated.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/24/singers-advisers-and-servants-role-of-eunuchs-from-a-historical-context/feed/ 0 The ancient and medieval Greek writers perceptions concerning the relationship between sexual characteristics and testicular volume http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/the-ancient-and-medieval-greek-writers-perceptions-concerning-the-relationship-between-sexual-characteristics-and-testicular-volume/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/the-ancient-and-medieval-greek-writers-perceptions-concerning-the-relationship-between-sexual-characteristics-and-testicular-volume/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:56:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29079 Hippocrates (5th-4th c. BC) was the first Greek medical writer to leave a written re- port on the changes in the voice of eunuchs...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/the-ancient-and-medieval-greek-writers-perceptions-concerning-the-relationship-between-sexual-characteristics-and-testicular-volume/feed/ 0 Eunuchs in the Byzantine Empire: A Study in Byzantine Titulature and Prosopography http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/13/eunuchs-in-the-byzantine-empire-a-study-in-byzantine-titulature-and-prosopography/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/12/13/eunuchs-in-the-byzantine-empire-a-study-in-byzantine-titulature-and-prosopography/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:06:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=27926 The presence of innumerable eunuchs at the Byzantine court seems to be in conflict with the laws that severely prohibited eunuchism. The Roman emperors early formally prohibited this practice, at least within the boundaries of the empire.

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