Barren women religion and medicine in the medieval Middle East
Barren Women is the first scholarly book to explore the ramifications of being infertile in the medieval Arab-Islamic world. Through an examination of legal texts, medical treatises, and works of religious preaching, Sara Verskin illuminates how attitudes toward mixed-gender interactions; legal theo...
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Main Author: | Verskin, Sara (Author) |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Berlin
de Gruyter
2020
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Series: | Islam -- thought culture, and society
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