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In Societies like Byzantium and Medieval China, Eunuchs were a common feature in court culture. However in Western Europe they're unheard of. Could someone explain why this is? Further, do we have sources on visitors to noble courts in which meeting a Eunuch would be a entirely new experience?

by /u/dostoyevskyfaith in /r/AskHistorians

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