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About the practice of using emasculated and castrated males to serve in the emperor's harem from the 8th century B.C. to 1912.
Full text from Peter Abelard's Historia Calamitatum, which recounts his affair with Heloise and subsequent castration.
A review of the book by Gary Taylor which looks at eunuchs through the ages.
(December 13, 2000)
About the practice of using emasculated and castrated males to serve in the emperor's harem from the 8th century B.C. to 1912.
Full text from Peter Abelard's Historia Calamitatum, which recounts his affair with Heloise and subsequent castration.
A review of the book by Gary Taylor which looks at eunuchs through the ages.
(December 13, 2000)
