A Mediterranean Society, Volume III - The Jewish Communities of the Arab World as Portrayed in the Documents of the Cairo Geniza, The Family (Hardcover, New ed)

This six-volume 'portrait of a Mediterranean personality' is a composite portrait of the individuals who wrote the personal letters, contracts, and all other manuscript fragments that found their way into the Cairo Geniza. Most of the fragments from the Geniza, a storeroom for discarded writings that could not be thrown away because they might contain the name of God, had been removed to Cambridge University Library and other libraries around the world. Professor Goitein devoted the last thirty years of his long and productive life to their study, deciphering the language of the documents and organizing what he called a 'marvelous treasure trove of manuscripts' into a coherent, fascinating picture of the society that created them. It is a rich, panoramic view of how people lived, traveled, worshiped, and conducted their economic and social affairs. The first and second volumes describe the economic foundations of the society and the institutions and social and political structures that characterized the community. The remaining material, intended for a single volume describing the particulars of the way people lived, blossomed into three volumes, devoted respectively to the family, daily life, and the individual. The divisions are arbitrary but helpful because of the wealth of information. The author refers throughout to other passages in his monumental work that amplify what is discussed in any particular section. The result is an incomparably clear and immediate impression of how it was in the Mediterranean world of the tenth through the thirteenth century. Volume III, subtitled "The Family", reveals the Mediterranean family - the extended family, marriage (rituals, economics, social and cultural safeguards), the Mediterranean household, widowhood, divorce, remarriage, and the world of women.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Near Eastern Center, UCLA, 6
Release date:	May 2000
First published:	May 2000
Authors:	S. D Goitein
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	543
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-22160-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > 500 to 1500 Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > 500 to 1500 Promotions
LSN:	0-520-22160-5
Barcode:	9780520221604

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