Across the religious divide : women, property, and law in the wider Mediterranean / edited by Jutta Gisela Sperling and Shona Kelly Wray.
Examining women's property rights in different societies across the entire medieval and early modern Mediterranean, this volume introduces a unique comparative perspective to the complexities of gender relations in Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities. Through individual case studies based...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2010.
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| Series: | Routledge research in gender and history ;
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| Summary: | Examining women's property rights in different societies across the entire medieval and early modern Mediterranean, this volume introduces a unique comparative perspective to the complexities of gender relations in Muslim, Jewish, and Christian communities. Through individual case studies based on urban and rural, elite and non-elite, religious and secular communities, Across the Religious Divide presents the only nuanced history of the region that incorporates peripheral areas such as Portugal, the Aegean Islands, Dalmatia, and Albania into the central narrative. By bridgin. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 309 pages) : maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-296) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203866088 9780203866085 |