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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
