Bruno De Nicola

Women in Mongol Iran

The Khatuns, 1206-1335

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers the first in-depth study of the history of these women in the Mongol empire by looking at the role they played in the political, economic and religious landscape of medieval Iran.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 596g
• ISBN-13: 9781474415477
• ISBN-10: 1474415474
• Artikelnr.: 47735006

Autorenporträt

Bruno De Nicola (BA Barcelona, MA London, PhD. Cantab.) is Lecturer in the History of the Middle East at Goldsmiths College (University of London). He combines this position with an affiliation to the Institut für Iranistik (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften) in Vienna (Austria). Previously he has been part of the ERC funded project "The Islamisation of Anatolia, c. 1100-1500" (grant number 284076) based at the University of St. Andrews and Project Curator of Persian Manuscripts at the British Library (London). His main area of research is the history of the Mongol Empire, medieval Middle Eastern history and Islamic manuscripts.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements A Note on Transliteration Maps
Introduction: The study of women in the Mongol Empire 1. Women and Politics
from the Steppes to World Empire 2. Regents and Empresses: Women's Rule in
the Mongols' World Empire 3. Political Involvement and Women's Rule in the
Ilkhanate 4. Women and the Economy of the Mongol Empire 5. Mongol Women's
Encounters with Eurasian Religions 6. Concluding Remarks Glossary List of
Abbreviations Bibliography Index