Marriage, money and divorce in Medieval Islamic society /

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 u...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rapoport, Yossef, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Colección:Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
Temas:
Börngen, ...
al- Markaz al-ʻArabī li-d-Dirāsāt > Kairo
To 1500
Marriage > Egypt > Cairo > History > To 1500.
Marriage > Syria > Damascus > History > To 1500.
Marriage > Jerusalem > History > To 1500.
Divorce > Egypt > Cairo > History > To 1500.
Divorce > Syria > Damascus > History > To 1500.
Divorce > Jerusalem > History > To 1500.
Marriage (Islamic law)
Divorce (Islamic law)
Mariage > Droit islamique.
Divorce (Droit islamique)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Divorce.
Marriage.
Social conditions
Ehescheidung
Eheschließung
Islam
Muslimin
Soziale Situation
Ehe
Mittelalter
Islamic countries > Social conditions.
Pays musulmans > Conditions sociales.
Egypt > Cairo.
Islamic countries.
Middle East > Jerusalem.
Syria > Damascus.
Damaskus
Jerusalem
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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