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04541aam a2200529 i 4500 001 664A4F08FAD211E7A45C351A97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180116092551 008 170105t20172017mauab bv 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2016046674 020 $a 0674975510 020 $a 9780674975514 035 $a (OCoLC)959648481 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c HLS $d DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d HLS $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h chi 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-cc--- 050 00 $a KNN542 $b .A49 2017 100 1 $a Birge, Bettine, $e translator. $e translator. 245 10 $a Marriage and the law in the age of Khubilai Khan : $b cases from the Yuan dianzhang / $c Bettine Birge. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b Harvard University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a vii, 324 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 520 $a "The Mongol conquest of China in the thirteenth century and Khubilai Khan's founding of the Yuan dynasty brought together under one government people of vastly different languages, religions, and social customs. Chinese law evolved rapidly to accommodate these changes, as reflected in the great compendium Yuan dianzhang (Statutes and Precedents of the Yuan Dynasty). The records of legal cases contained in this seminal text, Bettine Birge shows, paint a portrait of medieval Chinese family life--and the conflicts that arose from it--that is unmatched by any other historical source. Marriage and the Law in the Age of Khubilai Khan reveals the complex, sometimes contradictory inner workings of the Mongol-Yuan legal system, seen through the prism of marriage disputes in chapter eighteen of the Yuan dianzhang, which has never before been translated into another language. Birge's meticulously annotated translation clarifies the meaning of terms and passages, some in a hybrid Sino-Mongolian language, that have eluded scholars for generations. The text includes court testimony--recorded in the vivid vernacular of people from all social classes--in lawsuits over adultery, divorce, rape, wife-selling, runaway slave marriages, and other conflicts. It brings us closer than any other source to the actual Mongolian speech of Khubilai and the great khans who succeeded him as they struggled to reconcile very different Mongol, Muslim, and Chinese legal traditions and confront the challenges of ruling a diverse polyethnic empire"-- $c Provided by publisher. 500 $a 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. 500 $a Text in English, with some text in English translated from the Chinese. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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 approved; no levirate marriage -- Sections 9-12 : secondary wives; marriage between slaves and commoners; marriage of entertainers; marriage during the mourning period. 630 00 $a Yuan dian zhang. 630 07 $a Yuan dian zhang. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01373359 650 0 $a Marriage law $z China $x History $y To 1500 $v Sources. 650 0 $a Marriage law $z China $v Early works to 1800. $v Early works to 1800. 651 0 $a China $x History $y Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368. 650 7 $a Marriage law. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01010611 650 7 $a Yuan Dynasty (China) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01696786 651 7 $a China. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01206073 648 7 $a To 1500 $2 fast 655 7 $a Court decisions and opinions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01774257 655 7 $a Early works. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411636 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Sources. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423900 655 7 $a Trials, litigation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423712 655 7 $a Court decisions and opinions. $2 lcgft 700 12 $i Container of (work): $a Birge, Bettine. $t Age of Khubilai Khan and the Yuan dianzhang. 730 02 $i Container of (expression): $a Yuan dian zhang. $n 18. $l English. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217030445.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=664A4F08FAD211E7A45C351A97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search