Morality Tales: Law and Gender in the Ottoman Court of Aintab

by Leslie Peirce and Leslie P. Peirce

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In this skillful analysis, Leslie Peirce delves into the life of a sixteenth-century Middle Eastern community, bringing to light the ways that women and men used their local law court to solve personal, family, and community problems. Examining one year's proceedings of the court of Aintab, an Anatolian city that had recently been conquered by the Ottoman sultanate, Peirce argues that local residents responded to new opportunities and new constraints...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520228928

ISBN13:9780520228924

Release Date:June 2003

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:475 Pages

Weight:2.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

16th Century History Law Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Social Science Social Sciences Women in History

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