Eunuchs and castrati : a cultural history / Piotr O. Scholz ; translated from the German by John A. Broadwin and Shelley L. Frisch.

Princeton : Markus Wiener Publishers, [2001], ©2001.

xii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Sexuality and emasculation, or longing for paradise -- In the beginning were the gods -- "Sacred kingship" and its consequences -- Eunuchs in the Hellenistic and Roman worlds -- The emperor of China and his eunuchs -- "Chastity of the angels" sexuality in early Christianity -- From the origins of Islam to the Toapkapi Seraglio -- Emasculated heros of the western middle ages -- From the "waning of the middle ages" the the witch trials of the early modern period -- Voices of the angels: the papal castrati and the birth of opera.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-320) and index.

Translation of: Der entmannte Eros.