Editing Castration (section)

==== Slavery ====
The employment or enslavement of eunuchs (castrated men) was practiced in classical and [[Castration in ancient Rome|Roman antiquity]] and continued into the Middle Ages. In the 10th century, slave traders in Verdun in France and in Becâne ([[Pechina]]), Spain, castrated captives who were then enslaved as harem attendants in [[Al-Andalus]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gök |first1=H. İbrahim |date= 2013 |title=The Slave Trade and its Routes in the Mediterranean Region in the Middle Ages |journal=Studia et Documenta Turcologica |volume=2013 |number=1 |pages=173–191 |issn=2344-6560 |publisher=Presa Universitară Clujeană| location=Cluj-Napoca, Romania|quote=From the ancient world on, slavery was a tragic phenomenon in the social and cultural life of human society.|quote-page=173 }}</ref>