ISBN:
052184715X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 137 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilisation
Parallel Title:
Print version Marriage, Money and Divorce in Medieval Islamic Society
DDC:
306/.0917/67
Keywords:
Divorce History To 1500
;
Divorce History To 1500
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Marriage (Islamic law)
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Divorce (Islamic law)
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Marriage History To 1500
;
Marriage History To 1500
;
Divorce History To 1500
;
Marriage History To 1500
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Islamic countries Social conditions
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Abstract:
Yossef Rapoport explores the prevalence of divorce in medieval Islamic society. In so doing, he reveals that women possessed a surprising level of economic independence which they manipulated to initiate divorce as often as men. The book makes a significant contribution to the social history of an understudied period
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Marriage, divorce and the gender division of property; CHAPTER 2 Working women, single women and the rise of the female ribat; CHAPTER 3 The monetization of marriage; CHAPTER 4 Divorce, repudiation and settlement; CHAPTER 5 Repudiation and public power; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-132) and index
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https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511497506
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