Marriage, money and divorce in medieval islamic society
Auteur :
Rapoport, Yossef
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521045803
Date de publication :
20 déc. 2007
Dimensions :
22,1 x 15,2 x 1,0 cm
Poids :
236 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
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.