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Record Number: 45959 Author(s)/Creator(s): Strozzi , Alessandra Contributor(s): Title: Contracting Marriage Source: Texts from the Middle: Documents from the Mediterranean World, 650–1650.  Edited by Thomas E. Burman, Brian A. Catlos and Mark D. Meyerson.  University of California Press, 2022.  Pages 205 - 207. Description: These excerpts present Jewish, Muslim, and Christian documents negotiating marriages and marriage contracts from the Mediterranean. The final document (d. Failed Marriage Negotiations) comes from a letter written by Alessandra Strozzi to her son Filippo concerning her futile efforts to arrange a marriage for him while he is living in exile in Naples. Article Type: Translation Subject (See Also): Betrothal Family Marriage Award Note: Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean; Italy; Northern Africa Century: 9, 11, 14, 15 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: The first text is from Mordechai A. Friedman, Jewish Marriage in Palestine: A Cairo Geniza Study, (Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1981), vol. 2 pp. 130-140. The second and third texts are from Amira El-Azhary Sonbol, "A History of Marriage Contracts in Egypt," in The Islamic Marriage Contract: Case Studies in Islamic Family Law, ed. Asifa Quraishi and Frank E. Vogel (Harvard University Press, 2008), pp. 94-96. The fourth text is from The Society of Renaissance Florence: A Documentary Study, ed. Gene Brucker (Harper and Row, 1971), pp. 37-40. Author's Affiliation: Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2022. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 9780520296534

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