Women and the Making of the Mongol Empire

Zusammenfassung Retelling the well-known story of Chinggis Khan (commonly known as Genghis Khan) and his conquests and empire! this book illuminates the pivotal roles that women played in politics! empire! and succession. As such! this is a key read for scholars of Mongol history! world history! and medieval women and gender! as well as for a general audience.

Auteur

Anne F. Broadbridge is Associate Professor of the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is a member of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) and Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS). At the University of Massachusetts, she won the Outstanding Teacher Award, has been nominated three times for Distinguished Teaching Award, and has taught approximately 2,500 so far. Her previous book is entitled Kingship and Ideology in the Islamic and Mongol Worlds (Cambridge, 2008).

Texte du rabat

A wide-ranging study of the critical roles that women played in the history of the Mongol conquests and empire.

Contenu

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on transliteration; Introduction; 1. Women in steppe society; 2. Hö'elün and Börte; 3. Conquered women; 4. Women and the guard, the army and succession; 5. Sons-in-law, daughters and conquests; 6. Töregene; 7. Oghul-Qaimish and Sorqoqtani; 8. Consort houses in the successor Khanates; 9. Consort houses in the Ilkhanate; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.