Marriage, money and divorce in medieval islamic society
Auteur :
Rapoport, Yossef
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521847155
Date de publication :
21 avr. 2005
Dimensions :
23,5 x 16,0 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
406 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.