Marriage and the Law in the Age of Khubilai Khan : Cases from the Yuan dianzhang /
Bettine Birge.
Bok Engelsk 2017 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt | Harvard University Press
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Omfang | 1 online resource (vii, 324 pages) : : illustrations
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Opplysninger | Includes Part I "The Age of Khubilai Khan and the Yuan dianzhang"--a text by Bettine Birge, and Part II "Chapter 18 'Marriage' from the Yuan dianzhang"--an annotated translation of a medieval Chinese legal text.. - These thirteenth-century legal cases from the classic compendium Yuan dianzhang reveal the complex, contradictory inner workings of the Mongol-Yuan legal system, as seen through the prism of divorce, adultery, rape, wife-selling, and other marital disputes. Bettine Birge offers a meticulously annotated translation and analysis.
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ISBN | 0-674-97816-1
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