Marriage and the Law in the Age of Khubilai Khan : : Cases from the ‹i›Yuan dianzhang‹/i› / / Bettine Birge.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Birge, Bettine,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 5 halftones, 4 maps, 6 charts
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Maps, Figures, and Charts --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; 1. The Historical and Social Context of the Yuan dianzhang --; 2. Yuan Administration and the Legal System --; 3. Origins, Contents, and Transmission of the Yuan dianzhang --; 4. Notes on the Translation --; 5. Sections 1-2: Marriage Rites and Exchanges; Getting Married --; 6. Sections 3-5: Marriage between Officials and Commoners; Marriages of Military Personnel; Divorce --; 7. Sections 6-8: When the Husband Dies; Levirate Marriage; 208 No Levirate Marriage --; 8. Sections 9-12: Secondary Wives; Marriage between Slaves and Commoners; Marriage of Entertainers; Marriage during the Mourning Period --; Appendix A. Translation of Title Page of the Yuan dianzhang --; Appendix B. Marriage Cases from Chapter 18 of the Yuan dianzhang in Chronological Order --; Appendix C. Marriage Cases from Chapter 18 of the Yuan dianzhang with Dates --; Bibliography --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674978164; 9783110649826; 9783110540550; 9783110625264; 9783110547764; 9783110543315
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674978164
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bettine Birge.

These thirteenth-century legal cases from the classic compendium Yuan dianzhang reveal the complex, contradictory inner workings of the Mongol-Yuan legal system, as seen through the prism of divorce, adultery, rape, wife-selling, and other marital disputes. Bettine Birge offers a meticulously annotated translation and analysis.