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Women in the Medieval Islamic World
Gavin R. G. . Ed(S): Hambly
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Description for Women in the Medieval Islamic World
Paperback. Editor(s): Hambly, Gavin R. G. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 580 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF; JFSJ; JFSR; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 36. Weight in Grams: 734.
Women often appear invisible in what is widely perceived as the male-oriented society of Islam. Women in the Medieval Islamic World seeks to redress the balance with a series of original essays on women in the pre-modern phase of Islamic history. The reader will encounter here a colourful portrait gallery of rulers, politicians, poets and patrons, as well as some larger than life fictitious females from the pages of Arabic, Persian and Turkish literature. No less authentic are the accounts of quiet or troubled lives of ordinary women preserved in the court records of Mamluk Egypt and Ottoman Turkey, reminders ... Read more
Women often appear invisible in what is widely perceived as the male-oriented society of Islam. Women in the Medieval Islamic World seeks to redress the balance with a series of original essays on women in the pre-modern phase of Islamic history. The reader will encounter here a colourful portrait gallery of rulers, politicians, poets and patrons, as well as some larger than life fictitious females from the pages of Arabic, Persian and Turkish literature. No less authentic are the accounts of quiet or troubled lives of ordinary women preserved in the court records of Mamluk Egypt and Ottoman Turkey, reminders ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
Series
The New Middle Ages
Number of Pages
566
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312224516
SKU
V9780312224516
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99-15
About Gavin R. G. . Ed(S): Hambly
GAVIN R.G. HAMBLY is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Dallas.
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