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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 269 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0748626298
  • 9780748626298
  • 0748617337
  • 9780748617333
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women and the Fatimids in the world of Islam.DDC classification:
  • 305.48697 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ1170 .C78 2006eb
Other classification:
  • 15.50
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: Throws light on the silent and shadowy figures of women under the Fatimids. The contribution of these women is explored first within the context of Isma'ili and Fatimid genealogical history, and then within the courts in their roles as mothers, courtesans, wives and daughters, and as workers and servants.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-253) and index.

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Throws light on the silent and shadowy figures of women under the Fatimids. The contribution of these women is explored first within the context of Isma'ili and Fatimid genealogical history, and then within the courts in their roles as mothers, courtesans, wives and daughters, and as workers and servants.

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.

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