Marriage and the law in the age of Khubilai Khan : cases from the Yuan dianzhang /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Birge, Bettine (Translator)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects:	Yuan dian zhang. Marriage law > China > History > To 1500 > Sources. Marriage law > China > Cases > Early works to 1800. China > History > Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

The historical and social context of the Yuan dianzhang
Yuan administration and the legal system
Origins, contents, and transmission of the Yuan dianzhang
Notes on the translation
Sections 1-2 : marriage rites and exchanges; getting married
Sections 3-5 : marriage between officials and commoners; marriages of military personnel; divorce
Sections 6-8 : when the husband dies; levirate marriage; no levirate marriage
Sections 9-12 : secondary wives; marriage between slaves and commoners; marriage of entertainers; marriage during the mourning period.