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The lives of the last two most notable eunuchs of the Byzantine Empire: Andronikos Eonopolites, Grand Droungarios of the Fleet and John, Metropolitan of Pontic Heraclea.
Introduction to Byzantine Eunuchs:
youtube.com/watch?v=ukJkKTg5_jU
John the Orphanotropohos:
youtube.com/watch?v=rE3-HjRhUm4
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:40 Andronikos Eonopolites
05:35 John Metropolitan of Pontic Heraclea
Romaboo Ramblings:
youtube.com/@RomabooRamblings
Serapeum Historia:
youtube.com/@UCOlwrkJ15w8G-U_tXW49slQ
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
George Pachymeres, History of the Reigns of Michael and Andronikos Palaiologos, edited and translated by Albert Failler and Vitalien Laurent, Vols. V, (1984-2000).
Nikephoros Gregoras, The Life of John, Metropolitan of Pontic Heraclea, edited and translated by Vitalien Laurent, 'La Vie de Jean, metropolite d'Heraclee du pont',in Archeion Pontou 6, (1934), 3-63.
Scholarship
Gaul, N. 'Eunuchs in the Late Byzantine Empire c.1250-1400'
in Eunuchs in Antiquity and Beyond, edited by S. Tougher, (2002).
Geanakoplos, D. J. (1959) Emperor Michael Palaiologos and the West, 1258-1282, A Study in Byzantine-Latin Reltations, Harvard.
Nye, T. E. 'Angels, Snakes, and Everything in Between: The Fall of the Byzantine Eunuch' in Young Historians Conference 3 (2022).
Tougher, S. 'Cherchez L'Homme! Byzantine Men: A Eunuch Perspective' in
The Byzantine World, edited by P. Stephenson, (2010).
Trapp, E., Walther, R., Beyer, H.-V., Sturm-Schnabl, K., Kislinger, E., Leontiades, I. and Kaplaneres, S., Prosopographiesches Lexikon Der Palaiologenzeit, (2001).
Email
easternromanhistory@gmail.com
Discord
discord.gg/wxVmswV
If you would like to support Eastern Roman History, I have a Patreon:
patreon.com/EasternRomanHistory
Music Credits:
'I Wish I Could Throw Shapes' and 'Lil Drops' by Stephen Rippy from Age of Mythology by Ensemble Studios.
All images used are for educational purposes, if I have used a piece of art and you would like me to credit you, please contact me and I shall do so.
The lives of the last two most notable eunuchs of the Byzantine Empire: Andronikos Eonopolites, Grand Droungarios of the Fleet and John, Metropolitan of Pontic Heraclea.
Introduction to Byzantine Eunuchs:
youtube.com/watch?v=ukJkKTg5_jU
John the Orphanotropohos:
youtube.com/watch?v=rE3-HjRhUm4
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:40 Andronikos Eonopolites
05:35 John Metropolitan of Pontic Heraclea
Romaboo Ramblings:
youtube.com/@RomabooRamblings
Serapeum Historia:
youtube.com/@UCOlwrkJ15w8G-U_tXW49slQ
Bibliography:
Primary Sources
George Pachymeres, History of the Reigns of Michael and Andronikos Palaiologos, edited and translated by Albert Failler and Vitalien Laurent, Vols. V, (1984-2000).
Nikephoros Gregoras, The Life of John, Metropolitan of Pontic Heraclea, edited and translated by Vitalien Laurent, 'La Vie de Jean, metropolite d'Heraclee du pont',in Archeion Pontou 6, (1934), 3-63.
Scholarship
Gaul, N. 'Eunuchs in the Late Byzantine Empire c.1250-1400'
in Eunuchs in Antiquity and Beyond, edited by S. Tougher, (2002).
Geanakoplos, D. J. (1959) Emperor Michael Palaiologos and the West, 1258-1282, A Study in Byzantine-Latin Reltations, Harvard.
Nye, T. E. 'Angels, Snakes, and Everything in Between: The Fall of the Byzantine Eunuch' in Young Historians Conference 3 (2022).
Tougher, S. 'Cherchez L'Homme! Byzantine Men: A Eunuch Perspective' in
The Byzantine World, edited by P. Stephenson, (2010).
Trapp, E., Walther, R., Beyer, H.-V., Sturm-Schnabl, K., Kislinger, E., Leontiades, I. and Kaplaneres, S., Prosopographiesches Lexikon Der Palaiologenzeit, (2001).
easternromanhistory@gmail.com
Discord
discord.gg/wxVmswV
If you would like to support Eastern Roman History, I have a Patreon:
patreon.com/EasternRomanHistory
Music Credits:
'I Wish I Could Throw Shapes' and 'Lil Drops' by Stephen Rippy from Age of Mythology by Ensemble Studios.
All images used are for educational purposes, if I have used a piece of art and you would like me to credit you, please contact me and I shall do so.
