Yossef Rapoport is an associate member of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford.

'… Rapoport's study is a valuable and most welcome contribution to the literature on medieval Mamlūk society, especially with regard to the position of women in a patrilineal and patriarchal society.' Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam

• Acknowledgements; Glossary; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Marriage, divorce and the gender division of property; 2. Working women, single women and the rise of the female ribāt; 3. The monetization of marriage; 4. Divorce, repudiation and settlement; 5. Repudiation as public power; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Yossef Rapoport is an associate member of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford.

'… Rapoport's study is a valuable and most welcome contribution to the literature on medieval Mamlūk society, especially with regard to the position of women in a patrilineal and patriarchal society.' Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam

• Acknowledgements; Glossary; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Marriage, divorce and the gender division of property; 2. Working women, single women and the rise of the female ribāt; 3. The monetization of marriage; 4. Divorce, repudiation and settlement; 5. Repudiation as public power; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Yossef Rapoport is an associate member of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford.

'… Rapoport's study is a valuable and most welcome contribution to the literature on medieval Mamlūk society, especially with regard to the position of women in a patrilineal and patriarchal society.' Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam

• Acknowledgements; Glossary; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Marriage, divorce and the gender division of property; 2. Working women, single women and the rise of the female ribāt; 3. The monetization of marriage; 4. Divorce, repudiation and settlement; 5. Repudiation as public power; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.