Women and the Fatimids in the World of Islam /

Women and the Fatimids in the World of Islam / / Delia Cortese, Simonetta Calderini.

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748617333');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 th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Cortese, Delia,
Calderini, Simonetta,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2006
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Analytical table of contents
  • List of figures
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on the text
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Working the Propaganda Spindle
  • 2. Family Ties: Women and Genealogy in Fatimid Dynastic History
  • 3. Inside the Palace Walls: Life at Court
  • 4. Battleaxes and Formidable Aunties
  • 5. Women of Substance IN the Fatimid CourtS
  • 6. Outside the Palace Walls: Daily Life
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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