Preface
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 Topkapi Seraglio
Emasculated Heroes of the Western Middle Ages
From the “Waning of the Middle Ages” to the Witch Trials of the Early Modern Period
Voice of the Angels: The Papal Castrati and the Birth of Opera
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Names