Women and the Fatimids in the world of Islam /
This first full-length study of women and the Fatimids is a groundbreaking work investigating an unexplored area in the field of Islamic and medieval studies. The authors have unearthed a wealth of references to women, thus re-inscribing their role in the history of one of the most fascinating Islam...
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
©2006.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1r2ctz |
Sommario:
- Working the propaganda spindle
- Family ties : women and genealogy in Fatimid dynastic history
- Inside the palace walls : life at court
- Battleaxes and formidable aunties
- Women of substance at the Fatimid courts
- Outside the palace walls : daily life.