Marriage, Money and Divorce in Medieval Islamic Society

by Yossef Rapoport

Book Overview

High rates of divorce, often taken to be a modern and western phenomenon, were also typical of medieval Islamic societies. By pitting these high rates of divorce against the Islamic ideal of marriage, Yossef Rapoport radically challenges usual assumptions about the legal inferiority of Muslim women and their economic dependence on men. He argues that marriages in late medieval Cairo, Damascus and Jerusalem had little in common with the patriarchal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521045800
• ISBN13: 9780521045803
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"