Barren Women : Biology, Medicine and Religion in the Medieval Middle East (Islam - Thought, Culture, and Society 2) (2022. XIV, 310 S. 1 b/w ill., 2 b/w tbl. 230 mm)

This book explores the ramifications of being infertile in the medieval Arab-Islamic world by examining legal texts, medical treatises, and works of religious preaching. Sara Verskin illuminates how attitudes toward mixed-gender interactions; legal theories pertaining to marriage, divorce, and inheritance; and scientific theories of reproduction contoured the intellectual and social landscape infertile women had to navigate.