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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.

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'… Rapoport's study is a valuable and most welcome contribution to the literature on medieval Mamlūk society, especially with regard to the position of women in a patrilineal and patriarchal society.' Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam

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Acknowledgements; Glossary; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Marriage, divorce and the gender division of property; 2. Working women, single women and the rise of the female ribāt; 3. The monetization of marriage; 4. Divorce, repudiation and settlement; 5. Repudiation as public power; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Marriage Money and Divorce in Medieval Islamic Society

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 12/20/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521045803, 978-0521045803
      ISBN10: 0521045800
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      Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      '… Rapoport's study is a valuable and most welcome contribution to the literature on medieval Mamlūk society, especially with regard to the position of women in a patrilineal and patriarchal society.' Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements; Glossary; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Marriage, divorce and the gender division of property; 2. Working women, single women and the rise of the female ribāt; 3. The monetization of marriage; 4. Divorce, repudiation and settlement; 5. Repudiation as public power; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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