Coming of age in medieval Egypt: female adolescence, Jewish law, and ordinary culture

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Technical Notes -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I WOMEN IN A PATRONAGE CULTURE -- CHAPTER 1 The Family -- CHAPTER 2 The Courts and the Law -- PART II UNMARRIED DAUGHTERS -- CHAPTER 3 A Ripened Fig: Age at...

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Auteur principal: Krakowski, Eve 1978- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Princeton, New Jersey ; Princeton University Press 2018
Dans:Année: 2018
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Juive / Égypte / Situation sociale / Histoire 969-1250
Sujets non-standardisés:B Jewish women-Religious life-Egypt-History-To 1500
B Cairo Genizah
B Jewish women-Egypt-Social conditions-To 1500
B Jewish women Egypt Social conditions To 1500
B Electronic books
B Jewish women Religious life Egypt History To 1500
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Résumé:Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Technical Notes -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I WOMEN IN A PATRONAGE CULTURE -- CHAPTER 1 The Family -- CHAPTER 2 The Courts and the Law -- PART II UNMARRIED DAUGHTERS -- CHAPTER 3 A Ripened Fig: Age at First Marriage -- CHAPTER 4 The Economics of Female Adolescence -- CHAPTER 5 A Virgin in Her Father's House: Modesty, Mobility, and Social Control -- PART III BECOMING A WIFE -- CHAPTER 6 Marriage Choices -- CHAPTER 7 Defining Marriage: Legal Agreements and Their Uses -- CHAPTER 8 In the Marital Household -- CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index of Geniza Documents Cited -- Index of Jewish and Islamic Texts Cited -- General Index.
ISBN:1400887844