Derecho islámico medieval y fronteras de género: reflexiones sobre textos de Al-Burzuli (M.841/1438).

Abstract

«Medieval Islamic law and gender frontiers: Reflections on al-Burzuli’s texts (m. 841-1438)». Medieval Islamic legal texts are of great documentary value for social history and especially so for gender history. The collection of fata–wà (legal responses) compiled by the Tunisian al-Burzuli has been selected as a case-study for the definition of gender boundaries in urban spaces. This article provides a particular examination of three questions: the place of women in the administration of justice and in prisons; the conflict between religious normative and social practice, exemplified in the case of public bath-houses; and, finally, the control over the dissemination of knowledge among women.